Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Handley run?
Handley’s town government spent $244,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,146 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Handley didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Handley is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,146 per resident a year, or $3.14 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 50%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Handley 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 Handley yet
Every year of Handley’s 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 →The typical homeowner pays $538 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.04% 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 Handley’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 Handley’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Handley →
Who’s in charge in Handley
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 213 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 2024 finance file (213).
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.
Kanawha County School District
Handley’s K–12 school district, shared with Belle, Cedar Grove, Charleston, Chesapeake, Clendenin and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,492 per pupil, $8,519 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.
Handley’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 Handley alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Kanawha County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican57.6%43,352 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat40.2%30,231 votesOthers: 2.2% (1,656 votes).
Most votes in Kanawha County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Handley lies in Kanawha County. Every 2024 race in Kanawha County is on the county’s page.
Kanawha 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 Handley.
- 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 Handley’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Handley’s government
How much does Handley spend per resident?
About $1,146 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Handley didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $265,000.
What is the property tax rate in Handley?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $538 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.04% 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 Handley’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Handley yet.
How did Handley vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Handley alone. Kanawha County, where 100% of Handley lies, voted Trump 57.6%, Harris 40.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Handley?
1 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $3,767 (about $45,204 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Handley in the state legislature?
State Senate District 7 (Rupie Phillips and Zack Maynard) and House of Delegates District 52 (Tresa Howell). The House of Delegates district also covers nine other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Handley’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 (for Handley, 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 →