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Imperial Beach's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Imperial Beach took in $36.8 million and spent $55.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes53%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)32%State tax money6.6%Federal tax money4.2%Fines and other4.1%

What stands out

15%

of Imperial Beach's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people get none.

City taxes53%

Property tax
25%$9.0 million
Sales tax
15%$5.6 million
Other taxes
13%$4.7 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 4 more
  • Public utility taxes$2.3 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.4 million
  • Other licenses$497 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$377 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$213 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services
32%$11.9 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 1 more
  • Sewer$6.2 million
  • Other service charges$5.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.2%

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

From the federal government
4.2%$1.6 million

State tax money6.6%

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

From the state
6.6%$2.4 million

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$6 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.4%$1.3 million
Fines
0.6%$239 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments27%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Running the government and other costs23%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Roads, transit and parking7.7%All other spending6.6%

What stands out

27%

of Imperial Beach's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
27%$14.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$11.0 million
  • Sent to the state government$3.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$13.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$9.7 million
  • Fire protection$3.2 million
  • Inspections and regulation$525 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$171 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$12.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.5 million
  • Government buildings$170 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$6.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$6.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.7%$4.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.0%$2.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2.2 million
Health and hospitals
1.4%$783 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$783 thousand
Housing and community development
1.2%$640 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Imperial Beach. 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 Imperial Beach 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.