Photo: Rlittle09 · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Lake Point run?
Lake Point’s city government spent $2.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to , 2024, about $795 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Lake Point didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Lake Point is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Tooele School District
Lake Point’s K–12 school district, shared with Erda, Grantsville, Rush Valley, Stockton, Tooele and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,548 per pupil, $7,236 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.
Utah districts overall: 42% local, 51% state, 8% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $795 per resident a year, or $2.18 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: fire, at 39%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Lake Point didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Lake Point yet
Every year of Lake Point’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2024. 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 $3,321 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.55% of the home’s value, vs 0.52% across Utah.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Lake Point’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.
Tax bills are one input to Lake Point’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Lake Point →
Who’s in charge in Lake Point
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Lake Point’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on lakepoint.gov ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 1,300 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (2,599).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Reach Lake Point’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Lake Point’s government
How much does Lake Point spend per resident?
About $795 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to , 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Lake Point didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2.8 million.
What is the property tax rate in Lake Point?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,321 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.55% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.52% across Utah. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see lakepoint.gov.
Who runs Lake Point’s government?
See lakepoint.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lake Point yet.
How many people work for Lake Point?
2 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $7,465 (about $89,580 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Lake Point’s 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 (for Lake Point, 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 →