Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Clinchco run?
Clinchco’s town government spent $0 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, about $0 per resident.
What stands out about how Clinchco is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Dickenson County Public Schools
Clinchco’s K–12 school district, shared with Clintwood, Haysi. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,143 per pupil, $8,810 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.
Virginia districts overall: 49% local, 41% state, 10% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
No comparison for Clinchco yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Clinchco’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 down 100% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Clinchco 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: $0.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.49% of the home’s value, vs 0.73% across Virginia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Clinchco’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 Clinchco’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Clinchco →
Who’s in charge in Clinchco
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Clinchco’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on clinchcova.net ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 234 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (234).
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.
Clinchco’s votes are counted by county
Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Clinchco alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Dickenson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.8%5,701 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.6%1,316 votesOthers: 0.6% (43 votes).
Most votes in Dickenson County: Donald J Trump
Virginia: Harris 51.8%, Trump 46.1%
100% of Clinchco lies in Dickenson County. Every 2024 race in Dickenson County is on the county’s page.
Dickenson 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 Clinchco.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: clinchcova.net ↗
- 2Virginia House of DelegatesState representatives
- 3Virginia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Virginia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Clinchco’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Clinchco’s government
How much does Clinchco spend per resident?
About $0 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Clinchco?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.49% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.73% across Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see clinchcova.net.
Who runs Clinchco’s government?
See clinchcova.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Clinchco yet.
How did Clinchco vote in 2024?
Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Clinchco alone. Dickenson County, where 100% of Clinchco lies, voted Trump 80.8%, Harris 18.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Clinchco?
1 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $3,205 (about $38,460 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Clinchco in the state legislature?
State Senate District 6 (Todd Pillion) and House of Delegates District 43 (Will Morefield). The House of Delegates district also covers nine other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Clinchco’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; 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 →