Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0How is Orleans run?
Orleans’ village government spent $630,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $885 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Orleans didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Orleans is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
Lake Region UHSD 24
Orleans’ high school district, shared with Albany, Albany, Barton, Barton, Brownington and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $22,179 per pupil, $13,664 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.
Vermont districts overall: 5% local, 89% state, 6% federal.
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District · $19,842 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $885 per resident a year, or $2.42 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 33%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Orleans 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 Orleans yet
Every year of Orleans’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the village 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 →full-time in March 2025, the same as 11 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $3,019 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.93% of the home’s value, vs 1.59% across Vermont.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Orleans’ 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 Orleans’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Orleans →
Who’s in charge in Orleans
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 65 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (712).
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.
Orleans’ votes are counted by county
Vermont reports official results by county and precinct, not by village, so there are no official results for Orleans alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Orleans County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.0%7,233 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat47.5%7,006 votesOthers: 3.6% (526 votes).
Most votes in Orleans County: Donald J Trump
Vermont: Harris 63.8%, Trump 32.3%
100% of Orleans lies in Orleans County. Every 2024 race in Orleans County is on the county’s page.
Orleans 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 Orleans.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Vermont HouseState representatives
- 3Vermont SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Vermont
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Orleans’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Orleans’ government
How much does Orleans spend per resident?
About $885 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Orleans didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $775,000.
What is the property tax rate in Orleans?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,019 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.93% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.59% across Vermont. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the village’s assessor.
Who runs Orleans’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Orleans yet.
How did Orleans vote in 2024?
Vermont counts votes by county and precinct, not by village, so there are no official results for Orleans alone. Orleans County, where 100% of Orleans lies, voted Trump 49.0%, Harris 47.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Orleans?
11 full-time and 32 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $144,278 (about $1.7M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Orleans in the state legislature?
State Senate District Orleans (John S Morley) and State House District Orleans-3 (Ken Wells). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Orleans’ government
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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 Orleans, 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 →