Fort Stockton Historic District · Photo: Pi3.124 · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Fort Stockton run?
Fort Stockton’s city government spent $15.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,855 per resident. Water and other utilities ($6.6 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Fort Stockton is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,855 per resident a year, or $5.08 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 22%.
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No comparison or trend for Fort Stockton yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Fort Stockton’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2024 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 $2,348 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.18% 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 Fort Stockton’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 Fort Stockton’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Fort Stockton →
Who’s in charge in Fort Stockton
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Fort Stockton’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityoffortstockton.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 71 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (8,189).
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.
Fort Stockton Independent School District
Fort Stockton’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,977 per pupil, $11,174 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.
Fort Stockton’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Fort Stockton alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Pecos County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.9%3,042 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat27.0%1,144 votesOthers: 1.1% (47 votes).
Most votes in Pecos County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Fort Stockton lies in Pecos County. Every 2024 race in Pecos County is on the county’s page.
Pecos 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 Fort Stockton.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityoffortstockton.com ↗
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in CongressTexas’s 23rd District
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Fort Stockton’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Fort Stockton’s government
How much does Fort Stockton spend per resident?
About $1,855 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Fort Stockton?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,348 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.18% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityoffortstockton.com.
Who runs Fort Stockton’s government?
See cityoffortstockton.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fort Stockton yet.
How did Fort Stockton vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Fort Stockton alone. Pecos County, where 100% of Fort Stockton lies, voted Trump 71.9%, Harris 27.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fort Stockton?
116 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $494,247 (about $5.9M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Fort Stockton in the state legislature?
State Senate District 29 (César Blanco) and State House District 53 (Wes Virdell). The House district also covers 26 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Fort Stockton’s government
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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 →