Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Lindsay run?
Lindsay’s city government spent $736,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, about $688 per resident. Water and other utilities ($112,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Lindsay is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $688 per resident a year, or $1.88 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 43%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$477 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Lindsay’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($477 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 $428, and the middle half spent $184–$752. Lindsay spent more than 53% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($265,000), 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; Lindsay itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 33% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Lindsay reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $477 · 2023: $688. Per resident it went from $477 to $688 (up 44%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 1,159 to 1,069.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $4,739 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.35% 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 Lindsay’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. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Lindsay’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Lindsay →
Who’s in charge in Lindsay
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 356 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (1,069).
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.
Lindsay Independent School District
Lindsay’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,911 per pupil, $8,264 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.
Lindsay’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Lindsay alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Cooke County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican83.0%16,975 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat16.2%3,310 votesOthers: 0.8% (162 votes).
Most votes in Cooke County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Lindsay lies in Cooke County. Every 2024 race in Cooke County is on the county’s page.
Cooke 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 Lindsay.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal 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.
How Lindsay compares with the towns next door
Lindsay spent $477 per resident in 2022; the neighbor that reported 2022 spent $1,397. Towns that run more services spend more. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | $1,397 | $2,382 |
| Lindsay | $477 | $4,739 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Lindsay’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Lindsay’s government
How much does Lindsay spend per resident?
About $688 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $477 was more than 53% of 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Lindsay?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $4,739 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.35% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Lindsay’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lindsay yet.
How did Lindsay vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Lindsay alone. Cooke County, where 100% of Lindsay lies, voted Trump 83.0%, Harris 16.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Lindsay?
3 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $12,134 (about $145,608 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Lindsay in the state legislature?
State Senate District 30 (Brent Hagenbuch) and State House District 68 (David Spiller). The House district also covers 40 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 →