New River Company General Office Building · Photo: Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Mount Hope run?
Mount Hope’s city government spent $1.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,617 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Mount Hope didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Mount Hope is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,617 per resident a year, or $4.43 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 49%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope yet
Every year of Mount Hope’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 →The typical homeowner pays $558 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 Mount Hope’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 Mount Hope’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Mount Hope →
Who’s in charge in Mount Hope
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 57 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 (1,090).
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.
Fayette County School District
Mount Hope’s K–12 school district, shared with Ansted, Fayetteville, Gauley Bridge, Meadow Bridge, Oak Hill and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,159 per pupil, $8,086 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.
Mount Hope’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 Mount Hope alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Fayette County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican69.8%10,910 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat28.1%4,387 votesOthers: 2.1% (323 votes).
Most votes in Fayette County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Mount Hope lies in Fayette County. Every 2024 race in Fayette County is on the county’s page.
Fayette 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 Mount Hope.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal 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 Mount Hope’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Mount Hope’s government
How much does Mount Hope spend per resident?
About $1,617 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Mount Hope didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.2 million.
What is the property tax rate in Mount Hope?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $558 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 the city’s assessor.
Who runs Mount Hope’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mount Hope yet.
How did Mount Hope vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Mount Hope alone. Fayette County, where 100% of Mount Hope lies, voted Trump 69.8%, Harris 28.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Mount Hope?
19 full-time and 18 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $72,101 (about $865,212 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Mount Hope in the state legislature?
State Senate District 9 (Brian Helton and Rollan Roberts) and House of Delegates District 45 (Eric Brooks). The House of Delegates district also covers parts of two neighboring towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Mount Hope’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 Mount Hope, 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 →