City government · Baldwin County, AL

Spanish Fort's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Spanish Fort took in $12.9 million and spent $9.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes65%State tax money31%Fines and other4.0%

What stands out

47%

of Spanish Fort's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes65%

Sales tax
47%$6.1 million
Other taxes
13%$1.7 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage taxes
  • Other licenses$1.4 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$231 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
4.8%$623 thousand

State tax money31%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
31%$4.0 million

Fines and other4.0%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$460 thousand
Fines
0.4%$51 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs66%Police, fire, courts and jails26%Roads, transit and parking3.8%Parks, recreation and libraries2.3%Interest on debt1.9%Social services0.4%

What stands out

66%

of Spanish Fort's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
66%$6.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.2 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.0 million
  • Government buildings$255 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
26%$2.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$2.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
3.8%$375 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$375 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.3%$226 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$226 thousand
Interest on debt
1.9%$189 thousand
Social services
0.4%$44 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$44 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Spanish Fort. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Spanish Fort itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.