Photo: Lothar1976 · Public domainHow is Lueders run?
Who represents Lueders, what homeowners pay in property tax, and how Lueders voted.
What stands out about how Lueders is run
Read from the city’s official records.
The typical homeowner pays $729 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 2.18% 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 Lueders’ 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 Lueders’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Lueders →
Who’s in charge in Lueders
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Lueders-Avoca Independent School District
Lueders’ K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $23,769 per pupil, $12,702 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.
Lueders’ votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Lueders alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Jones County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.0%5,988 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat13.0%907 votesOthers: 0.9% (64 votes).
Most votes in Jones County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Lueders lies in Jones County; the rest in Shackelford County. Every 2024 race in Jones County is on the county’s page.
Jones 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 Lueders.
- 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.
Reach Lueders’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Lueders’ government
What is the property tax rate in Lueders?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $729 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 2.18% 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 Lueders’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lueders yet.
How did Lueders vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Lueders alone. Jones County, where 100% of Lueders lies, voted Trump 86.0%, Harris 13.0% for president; its page has every race.
Who represents Lueders in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Charles Perry) and State House District 71 (Stan Lambert). The House district also covers 19 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Lueders’ 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 →