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Dell's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Dell took in $593 thousand and spent $948 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)70%Town taxes16%Fines and other12%State tax money3.2%

What stands out

70%

of Dell's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Town taxes16%

Sales tax
6.4%$38 thousand
Other taxes
5.2%$31 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$31 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
3.9%$23 thousand

Fees for services70%

Fees for services
70%$413 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$314 thousand
  • Sewer$61 thousand
  • Garbage collection$22 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money3.2%

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

From the state
3.2%$19 thousand

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
11%$65 thousand
Fines
0.7%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities44%Running the government and other costs41%Parks, recreation and libraries5.6%Interest on debt5.3%Police, fire, courts and jails3.3%Roads, transit and parking0.6%

What stands out

41%

of Dell'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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
44%$418 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 3 more
  • Water supply$310 thousand
  • Sewer systems$83 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$21 thousand
  • Electric power$2 thousand
  • Gas supply$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
41%$390 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$284 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$77 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$29 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.6%$53 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$53 thousand
Interest on debt
5.3%$50 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.3%$31 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$27 thousand
  • Police$2 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$2 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.6%$6 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Dell. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Dell 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.