Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 4.0How is El Campo run?
El Campo’s city government spent $16.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, about $1,353 per resident. Water and other utilities ($1.5 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how El Campo is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,353 per resident a year, or $3.71 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 25%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
No comparison or trend for El Campo yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and El Campo’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2023 only (2022 is an estimate), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $3,639 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.81% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at El Campo’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to El Campo’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in El Campo →
Who’s in charge in El Campo
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
El Campo’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityofelcampo.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 85 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (12,290).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
El Campo Independent School District
El Campo’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,067 per pupil, $7,697 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
El Campo’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for El Campo alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Wharton County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.5%12,439 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat23.7%3,910 votesOthers: 0.7% (122 votes).
Most votes in Wharton County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of El Campo lies in Wharton County. Every 2024 race in Wharton County is on the county’s page.
Wharton County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for El Campo.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityofelcampo.org ↗
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach El Campo’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about El Campo’s government
How much does El Campo spend per resident?
About $1,353 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in El Campo?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,639 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.81% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityofelcampo.org.
Who runs El Campo’s government?
See cityofelcampo.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for El Campo yet.
How did El Campo vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for El Campo alone. Wharton County, where 100% of El Campo lies, voted Trump 75.5%, Harris 23.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for El Campo?
144 full-time and 0 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $684,847 (about $8.2M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents El Campo in the state legislature?
State Senate District 17 (Joan Huffman) and State House District 85 (Stan Kitzman). The House district also covers 29 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about El Campo’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →