City government · Placer County, CA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Colfax took in $7.1 million and spent $5.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes39%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)32%State tax money21%Fines and other5.2%Federal tax money3.0%

What stands out

23%

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

City taxes39%

Sales tax
23%$1.6 million
Property tax
8.1%$570 thousand
Other taxes
8.1%$569 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Other licenses$273 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$98 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$70 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$60 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$42 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$26 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services
32%$2.3 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Sewer$2.2 million
  • Garbage collection$104 thousand
  • Other service charges$10 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.0%

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

From the federal government
3.0%$212 thousand

State tax money21%

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

From the state
21%$1.5 million

Fines and other5.2%

Interest, rents and other
5.2%$364 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails23%Running the government and other costs22%Water, sewer, trash and utilities21%Sent to other local governments15%Roads, transit and parking11%All other spending7.9%

What stands out

15%

of Colfax's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$1.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$940 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$130 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$129 thousand
  • Fire protection$85 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$1.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$103 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$72 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
21%$1.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$1.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1 thousand
Sent to other local governments
15%$827 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$827 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$609 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$609 thousand
Interest on debt
5.0%$278 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$96 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$96 thousand
Housing and community development
0.7%$38 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$25 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$25 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Colfax. 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 Colfax 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.