How is Road Runner run?
Road Runner’s town government spent $1.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to , 2023, about $1,501 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Road Runner didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Road Runner is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,501 per resident a year, or $4.11 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 23%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Road Runner didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Road Runner yet
Every year of Road Runner’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $1,103 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Road Runner’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 Road Runner’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Road Runner →
Who’s in charge in Road Runner
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 71 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (779).
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.
Pilot Point Independent School District
Road Runner’s K–12 school district, shared with Pilot Point. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,941 per pupil, $7,081 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.
Road Runner’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Road Runner 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 Road Runner 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 Road Runner.
- 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.
Reach Road Runner’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Road Runner’s government
How much does Road Runner spend per resident?
About $1,501 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to , 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Road Runner didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2.2 million.
Who runs Road Runner’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Road Runner yet.
How did Road Runner vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Road Runner alone. Cooke County, where 100% of Road Runner lies, voted Trump 83.0%, Harris 16.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Road Runner?
11 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $10,571 (about $126,852 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Road Runner 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.
Ask neighbors about Road Runner’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 (for Road Runner, 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 →