Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5How is Elizabeth run?
Elizabeth’s town government spent $468,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $658 per resident. Water and other utilities ($471,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Elizabeth is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $658 per resident a year, or $1.80 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 56%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$460 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Elizabeth’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($460 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 114 West Virginia cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $658, and the middle half spent $334–$964. Elizabeth spent less than 65% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($182,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
West Virginia cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Elizabeth itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 24% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Elizabeth 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: $460 · 2024: $658. Per resident it went from $460 to $658 (up 43%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 819 to 711.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
Who’s in charge in Elizabeth
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Elizabeth’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on local.wv.gov/elizabeth/Pages/default.aspx ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 178 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (711).
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.
Wirt County School District
Elizabeth’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,493 per pupil, $9,692 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.
Elizabeth’s votes are counted by county
West Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Elizabeth alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Wirt County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.1%2,120 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat15.8%409 votesOthers: 2.0% (52 votes).
Most votes in Wirt County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Elizabeth lies in Wirt County. Every 2024 race in Wirt County is on the county’s page.
Wirt 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 Elizabeth.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: local.wv.gov/elizabeth/Pages/default.aspx ↗
- 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 Elizabeth’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Elizabeth’s government
How much does Elizabeth spend per resident?
About $658 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $460 was less than 65% of 114 West Virginia cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Elizabeth’s government?
See local.wv.gov/elizabeth/Pages/default.aspx for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Elizabeth yet.
How did Elizabeth vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Elizabeth alone. Wirt County, where 100% of Elizabeth lies, voted Trump 82.1%, Harris 15.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Elizabeth?
4 full-time and 8 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $15,132 (about $181,584 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Elizabeth in the state legislature?
State Senate District 3 (Mike Azinger and Trenton Barnhart) and House of Delegates District 15 (Erica Moore). The House of Delegates district also covers two neighboring towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Elizabeth’s 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; 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 →