Photo: CletusDitto · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Jayton run?
Jayton’s town government spent $197,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $381 per resident. Water and other utilities ($32,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Jayton is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $381 per resident a year, or $1.04 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 52%.
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$381 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Jayton’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($381 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $433, and the middle half spent $184–$752. Jayton spent less than 55% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($103,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Jayton itself left out).
No trend yet
Jayton reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Jayton
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 172 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (517).
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.
Jayton-Girard Independent School District
Jayton’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $23,452 per pupil, $12,492 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.
Jayton’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Jayton alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Kent County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.4%390 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat11.2%50 votesOthers: 1.3% (6 votes).
Most votes in Kent County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Jayton lies in Kent County. Every 2024 race in Kent County is on the county’s page.
Kent 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 Jayton.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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.
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Questions about Jayton’s government
How much does Jayton spend per resident?
About $381 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $381 was less than 55% of 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Jayton’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Jayton yet.
How did Jayton vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Jayton alone. Kent County, where 100% of Jayton lies, voted Trump 87.4%, Harris 11.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Jayton?
3 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $11,883 (about $142,596 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Jayton in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Charles Perry) and State House District 83 (Dustin Burrows). The House district also covers 27 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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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 →