Borough government · Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Kenai Peninsula Borough's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Kenai Peninsula Borough took in $668 million and spent $639 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

See every government that serves your ZIP

Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, garbage collection)59%Borough taxes20%State tax money16%Fines and other2.9%Federal tax money1.8%

What stands out

59%

of Kenai Peninsula Borough's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 11%.

Borough taxes20%

Property tax
13%$85.1 million
Sales tax
7.1%$47.5 million
Other taxes
0.5%$3.6 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$3.6 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services59%

Fees for services
59%$393 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 5 more
  • Hospital bills$380 million
  • Other service charges$6.5 million
  • Other school charges$3.5 million
  • Garbage collection$1.2 million
  • School lunches$760 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$287 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$190 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.8%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
1.8%$11.7 million

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$108 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.9%$19.4 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals59%Schools and colleges27%Police, fire, courts and jails4.3%Running the government and other costs4.1%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.0%All other spending3.5%

What stands out

27%

of Kenai Peninsula Borough's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. counties of 50,000 to 250,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
59%$376 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$376 million
  • Public health$133 thousand
Schools and colleges
27%$175 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$175 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.3%$27.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$26.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.2 million
Running the government and other costs
4.1%$25.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$9.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$8.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.2 million
  • Government buildings$1.8 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.0%$12.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$12.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.0%$12.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$12.5 million
Interest on debt
0.8%$5.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$2.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2.9 million
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$991 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$907 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$84 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$814 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$814 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Kenai Peninsula Borough. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Kenai Peninsula Borough 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.