Photo: Snoopywv · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Vienna run?
Vienna’s city government spent $11.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,064 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Vienna didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Vienna is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,064 per resident a year, or $2.92 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 25%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Vienna 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 Vienna yet
Every year of Vienna’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, up from 78 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $1,113 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.72% 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 Vienna’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 Vienna’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Vienna →
Who’s in charge in Vienna
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Vienna’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on vienna-wv.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 130 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 (10,506).
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.
Wood County School District
Vienna’s K–12 school district, shared with North Hills, Parkersburg, Williamstown. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,212 per pupil, $8,716 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.
Vienna’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 Vienna alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Wood County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.7%26,380 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat27.6%10,317 votesOthers: 1.7% (616 votes).
Most votes in Wood County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Vienna lies in Wood County. Every 2024 race in Wood County is on the county’s page.
Wood 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 Vienna.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: vienna-wv.com ↗
- 2West Virginia House of DelegatesVienna is split between 2 districts
- 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.
How Vienna compares with the towns next door
Vienna’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $1,911 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Parkersburg | $1,911 | $820 |
| North Hills | estimate | $1,670 |
| Vienna | estimate | $1,113 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Vienna’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Vienna’s government
How much does Vienna spend per resident?
About $1,064 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Vienna didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $13.9 million.
What is the property tax rate in Vienna?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,113 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.72% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see vienna-wv.com.
Who runs Vienna’s government?
See vienna-wv.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Vienna yet.
How did Vienna vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Vienna alone. Wood County, where 100% of Vienna lies, voted Trump 70.7%, Harris 27.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Vienna?
81 full-time and 30 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $407,445 (about $4.9M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Vienna in the state legislature?
Vienna is split among 2 House of Delegates districts, so your address decides. The West Virginia Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 3 (Mike Azinger and Trenton Barnhart). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Vienna’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 Vienna, 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 →