Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5How is Buckhannon run?
Buckhannon’s city government spent $10.9 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $2,137 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Buckhannon didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Buckhannon is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $2,137 per resident a year, or $5.85 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 48%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Buckhannon 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 Buckhannon yet
Every year of Buckhannon’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city 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, the same as 95 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $865 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.55% of the home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Buckhannon’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.
Tax bills are one input to Buckhannon’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Buckhannon →
Who’s in charge in Buckhannon
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Buckhannon’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on buckhannonwv.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 54 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 (5,106).
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.
Upshur County School District
Buckhannon’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,037 per pupil, $7,187 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.
West Virginia districts overall: 36% local, 46% state, 18% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Buckhannon’s votes are counted by county
West Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Buckhannon alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Upshur County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican77.4%7,633 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat20.6%2,033 votesOthers: 2.0% (193 votes).
Most votes in Upshur County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Buckhannon lies in Upshur County. Every 2024 race in Upshur County is on the county’s page.
Upshur 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 Buckhannon.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: buckhannonwv.org ↗
- 2West Virginia House of DelegatesState representatives
- 3West Virginia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of West Virginia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Buckhannon’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Buckhannon’s government
How much does Buckhannon spend per resident?
About $2,137 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Buckhannon didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $13.2 million.
What is the property tax rate in Buckhannon?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $865 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.55% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see buckhannonwv.org.
Who runs Buckhannon’s government?
See buckhannonwv.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Buckhannon yet.
How did Buckhannon vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Buckhannon alone. Upshur County, where 100% of Buckhannon lies, voted Trump 77.4%, Harris 20.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Buckhannon?
95 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $471,751 (about $5.7M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Buckhannon in the state legislature?
State Senate District 11 (Bill Hamilton and Robbie Morris) and House of Delegates District 65 (Robbie Martin). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Buckhannon’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 Buckhannon, 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 →