How is Wellman run?
Wellman’s city government spent $118,000 on day-to-day services in the year to March 31, 2022, about $590 per resident. Water and other utilities ($60,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Wellman is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $590 per resident a year, or $1.62 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 77%.
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$590 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Wellman’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($590 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. Wellman spent more than 64% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($91,000), 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; Wellman itself left out).
No trend yet
Wellman reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Wellman
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 67 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 (200).
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.
Wellman-Union Consolidated Independent School District
Wellman’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,910 per pupil, $9,824 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.
Wellman’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Wellman alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Terry County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.2%2,815 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.1%587 votesOthers: 0.7% (24 votes).
Most votes in Terry County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Wellman lies in Terry County. Every 2024 race in Terry County is on the county’s page.
Terry 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 Wellman.
- 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 Wellman’s government
How much does Wellman spend per resident?
About $590 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to March 31, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $590 was more than 64% of 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Wellman’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Wellman yet.
How did Wellman vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Wellman alone. Terry County, where 100% of Wellman lies, voted Trump 82.2%, Harris 17.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Wellman?
3 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $9,100 (about $109,200 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Wellman in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Charles Perry) and State House District 83 (Dustin Burrows). The House district also covers 27 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 →