Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0How is McKenney run?
McKenney’s town government spent $125,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $255 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: McKenney didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how McKenney is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
The typical homeowner pays $905 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.43% 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 McKenney’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 McKenney’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in McKenney →
About $255 per resident a year, or $0.70 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 31%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
McKenney didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for McKenney yet
Every year of McKenney’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in McKenney
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 490 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 (490).
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.
Dinwiddie County Public Schools
McKenney’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,663 per pupil, $8,460 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.
McKenney’s votes are counted by county
Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for McKenney alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Dinwiddie County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican61.2%9,549 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat38.1%5,942 votesOthers: 0.8% (120 votes).
Most votes in Dinwiddie County: Donald J Trump
Virginia: Harris 51.8%, Trump 46.1%
100% of McKenney lies in Dinwiddie County. Every 2024 race in Dinwiddie County is on the county’s page.
Dinwiddie 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 McKenney.
- 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 McKenney’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about McKenney’s government
How much does McKenney spend per resident?
About $255 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (McKenney didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $125,000.
What is the property tax rate in McKenney?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $905 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.43% 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 McKenney’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for McKenney yet.
How did McKenney vote in 2024?
Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for McKenney alone. Dinwiddie County, where 100% of McKenney lies, voted Trump 61.2%, Harris 38.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for McKenney?
1 full-time and 10 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $8,114 (about $97,368 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents McKenney in the state legislature?
State Senate District 17 (Emily Jordan) and House of Delegates District 83 (Otto Wachsmann). The House of Delegates district also covers 15 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about McKenney’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 McKenney, 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 →