How is Fort Gay run?
Fort Gay’s town government spent $434,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $636 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Fort Gay didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Fort Gay is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $636 per resident a year, or $1.74 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 50%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Fort Gay 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 Fort Gay yet
Every year of Fort Gay’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 →The typical homeowner pays $473 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.76% 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 Fort Gay’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 Fort Gay’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Fort Gay →
Who’s in charge in Fort Gay
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 62 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (682).
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.
Wayne County School District
Fort Gay’s K–12 school district, shared with Ceredo, Kenova, Wayne. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,036 per pupil, $8,969 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.
Fort Gay’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 Fort Gay alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Wayne County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.8%11,934 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat22.4%3,532 votesOthers: 1.8% (281 votes).
Most votes in Wayne County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Fort Gay lies in Wayne County. Every 2024 race in Wayne County is on the county’s page.
Wayne 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 Fort Gay.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Fort Gay’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Fort Gay’s government
How much does Fort Gay spend per resident?
About $636 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Fort Gay didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $476,000.
What is the property tax rate in Fort Gay?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $473 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.76% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Fort Gay’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fort Gay yet.
How did Fort Gay vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fort Gay alone. Wayne County, where 100% of Fort Gay lies, voted Trump 75.8%, Harris 22.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fort Gay?
11 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $27,243 (about $326,916 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Fort Gay in the state legislature?
State Senate District 6 (Craig Hart and Mark Maynard) and House of Delegates District 29 (Corby Dillon). The House of Delegates district also covers 1 neighboring town. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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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 Fort Gay, 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 →