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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Avalon took in $33.8 million and spent $24.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes48%Fees for services (ports and waterways, sewer)46%Federal tax money2.7%State tax money1.9%Fines and other1.3%

What stands out

34%

of Avalon's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 2.5%.

City taxes48%

Other taxes
34%$11.4 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 5 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$8.7 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1.2 million
  • Amusement licenses$845 thousand
  • Other licenses$316 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$146 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$133 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
10%$3.5 million
Property tax
4.2%$1.4 million

Fees for services46%

Fees for services
46%$15.5 million
What's in fees for servicesPorts and waterways; sewer and 6 more
  • Ports and waterways$8.3 million
  • Sewer$3.0 million
  • Garbage collection$2.3 million
  • Other service charges$1.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$82 thousand
  • Transit fares$78 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$38 thousand
  • Water$25 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.7%

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

From the federal government
2.7%$905 thousand

State tax money1.9%

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

From the state
1.9%$650 thousand

Fines and other1.3%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$335 thousand
Fines
0.3%$111 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking37%Running the government and other costs22%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Health and hospitals3.0%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

37%

of Avalon's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
37%$9.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingPorts and harbors; public transit and 1 more
  • Ports and harbors$5.8 million
  • Public transit$2.1 million
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
Running the government and other costs
22%$5.5 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)$3.7 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.7 million
  • Other government-run businesses$51 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$5.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.5 million
  • Sewer systems$2.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$4.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$2.4 million
  • Police$1.8 million
Health and hospitals
3.0%$723 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$723 thousand
Housing and community development
0.3%$64 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$50 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$50 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of City of Avalon 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.