Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Richlands run?
Richlands’ town government spent $9.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,745 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Richlands didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Richlands is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,745 per resident a year, or $4.78 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 27%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Richlands 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 Richlands yet
Every year of Richlands’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, up from 76 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $796 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.72% 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 Richlands’ 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 Richlands’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Richlands →
Who’s in charge in Richlands
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Richlands’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on town.richlands.va.us ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 63 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 (5,189).
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.
Tazewell County Public Schools
Richlands’ K–12 school district, shared with Bluefield, Cedar Bluff, Pocahontas, Tazewell. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,708 per pupil, $7,989 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.
Richlands’ votes are counted by county
Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Richlands alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Tazewell County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican83.9%16,711 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat15.2%3,030 votesOthers: 0.8% (165 votes).
Most votes in Tazewell County: Donald J Trump
Virginia: Harris 51.8%, Trump 46.1%
100% of Richlands lies in Tazewell County. Every 2024 race in Tazewell County is on the county’s page.
Tazewell 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 Richlands.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: town.richlands.va.us ↗
- 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.
How Richlands compares with the towns next door
Richlands’ own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 0 of the 1 towns next door reported 2022 figures. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bluff | estimate | $753 |
| Richlands | estimate | $796 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Richlands’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Richlands’ government
How much does Richlands spend per resident?
About $1,745 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Richlands didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $21 million.
What is the property tax rate in Richlands?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $796 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.72% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.73% across Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see town.richlands.va.us.
Who runs Richlands’ government?
See town.richlands.va.us for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Richlands yet.
How did Richlands vote in 2024?
Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Richlands alone. Tazewell County, where 100% of Richlands lies, voted Trump 83.9%, Harris 15.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Richlands?
83 full-time and 34 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $439,550 (about $5.3M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Richlands in the state legislature?
State Senate District 5 (Travis Hackworth) 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 Richlands’ 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 Richlands, 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 →