Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Jarratt run?
Jarratt’s town government spent $100,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $157 per resident.
What stands out about how Jarratt is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Sussex County Public Schools
Jarratt’s K–12 school district, shared with Stony Creek, Wakefield, Waverly. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $25,177 per pupil, $11,600 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.
Greensville County Public Schools · $26,438 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $157 per resident a year, or $0.43 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: health & welfare, at 50%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Jarratt collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
No comparison for Jarratt yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Jarratt’s 2022 operating figures are mostly a Census estimate, so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 9900% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Jarratt 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 · 2024: $157. Per resident it went from $0 to $157 (up 15600%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 553 to 637.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $752 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.35% 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 Jarratt’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 Jarratt’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Jarratt →
Who’s in charge in Jarratt
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 212 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 2024 finance file (637).
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.
Jarratt’s votes are counted by county
Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Jarratt alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Greensville County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat54.2%2,334 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican45.0%1,936 votesOthers: 0.8% (33 votes).
Most votes in Greensville County: Kamala D Harris
Virginia: Harris 51.8%, Trump 46.1%
79% of Jarratt lies in Greensville County; the rest in Sussex County. Every 2024 race in Greensville County is on the county’s page.
Greensville 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 Jarratt.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Jarratt’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Jarratt’s government
How much does Jarratt spend per resident?
About $157 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Jarratt?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $752 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.35% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.73% across Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Jarratt’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Jarratt yet.
How did Jarratt vote in 2024?
Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Jarratt alone. Greensville County, where 79% of Jarratt lies, voted Harris 54.2%, Trump 45.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Jarratt?
3 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $17,401 (about $208,812 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Jarratt in the state legislature?
Jarratt is split among 2 State Senate districts, so your address decides. The Virginia Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Jarratt’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 →