Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0How is Oakwood run?
Oakwood’s city government spent $361,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $702 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Oakwood didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
About $702 per resident a year, or $1.92 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 30%.
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Oakwood didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Oakwood yet
Every year of Oakwood’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Oakwood
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 171 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 (514).
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.
Oakwood Independent School District
Oakwood’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,471 per pupil, $10,226 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.
Oakwood’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Oakwood alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Leon County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.1%7,982 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat11.4%1,033 votesOthers: 0.5% (45 votes).
Most votes in Leon County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
93% of Oakwood lies in Leon County; the rest in Freestone County. Every 2024 race in Leon County is on the county’s page.
Leon 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 Oakwood.
- 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.
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Questions about Oakwood’s government
How much does Oakwood spend per resident?
About $702 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Oakwood didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $363,000.
Who runs Oakwood’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Oakwood yet.
How did Oakwood vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Oakwood alone. Leon County, where 93% of Oakwood lies, voted Trump 88.1%, Harris 11.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Oakwood?
3 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $14,604 (about $175,248 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Oakwood in the state legislature?
State Senate District 5 (Charles Schwertner) and State House District 13 (Angelia Orr). The House district also covers 50 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 (for Oakwood, the Bureau’s estimates); 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 →