City government · Riverside County, CA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Beaumont took in $130 million and spent $74.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes38%Fees for services (sewer, transit fares)33%Fines and other25%State tax money2.1%County and local tax money1.8%

What stands out

25%

of Beaumont's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 6.9%.

City taxes38%

Sales tax

19%$25.1 million

Property tax

9.7%$12.6 million

Other taxes

9.2%$11.9 million

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 4 more

Public utility taxes$5.2 million
Other licenses$3.7 million
Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1.5 million
Real estate and stock transfer taxes$635 thousand
Other selective sales taxes$422 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$350 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services33%

Fees for services

33%$42.6 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 3 more

Sewer$37.1 million
Other service charges$5.3 million
Transit fares$127 thousand
Parks and recreation$24 thousand
Garbage collection$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government

<0.1%$55 thousand

State tax money2.1%

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

From the state

2.1%$2.7 million

County and local tax money1.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.8%$2.3 million

Fines and other25%

Interest, rents and other

25%$32.2 million

Fines

0.2%$237 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs29%Police, fire, courts and jails26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities18%Interest on debt12%Parks, recreation and libraries6.5%All other spending7.6%

What stands out

12%

of Beaumont's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 2.5%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs

29%$21.7 million

What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)

Other and not broken out$11.3 million
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$10.4 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

26%$19.3 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more

Police$14.5 million
Fire protection$3.2 million
Inspections and regulation$1.6 million

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

18%$13.6 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste

Sewer systems$12.5 million
Garbage and solid waste$1.1 million

Interest on debt

12%$9.1 million

Parks, recreation and libraries

6.5%$4.8 million

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$4.8 million

Roads, transit and parking

6.2%$4.6 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit and roads and highways

Public transit$2.6 million
Roads and highways$1.9 million

Housing and community development

0.9%$663 thousand

Health and hospitals

0.6%$413 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$413 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Beaumont. 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 Beaumont 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.