That's a decrease of one percent from 2014, when the village spent $14.24 million, or $10,115 per household.
South Chicago Heights has 1,408 households and a population of 5,139.
Since 2001, the Village of South Chicago Heights budget has grown by 50.8 percent, from $9.35 million. The village population has grown 29.4 percent over the same period, from 3,970.
Salaries accounted for 13.8 percent of village spending in 2015. South Chicago Heights property taxpayers paid $1.95 million for 23 full-time employees and 77 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had 36 full-time employees and 72 part-time employees, and spent $1.80 million.
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.