Photo: Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Texline run?
Texline’s town government spent $92,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, about $200 per resident. Water and other utilities ($22,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Texline is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $200 per resident a year, or $0.55 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 64%.
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No comparison for Texline yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Texline’s 2022 operating figures are mostly a Census estimate, so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2023; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 9100% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Texline 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: $0 · 2023: $200. Per resident it went from $0 to $200 (up 19900%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 534 to 460.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $753 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.70% 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 Texline’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 Texline’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Texline →
Who’s in charge in Texline
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 230 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 (460).
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.
Texline Independent School District
Texline’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,862 per pupil, $8,797 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.
Texline’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Texline alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Dallam County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.8%1,285 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat10.5%152 votesOthers: 0.7% (10 votes).
Most votes in Dallam County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Texline lies in Dallam County. Every 2024 race in Dallam County is on the county’s page.
Dallam 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 Texline.
- 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 Texline’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Texline’s government
How much does Texline spend per resident?
About $200 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Texline?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $753 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.70% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Texline’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Texline yet.
How did Texline vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Texline alone. Dallam County, where 100% of Texline lies, voted Trump 88.8%, Harris 10.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Texline?
2 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $14,278 (about $171,336 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Texline in the state legislature?
State Senate District 31 (Kevin Sparks) and State House District 86 (John Smithee). The House district also covers 15 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 →