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Mission Viejo's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Mission Viejo took in $123 million and spent $164 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes62%Fees for services (parks and recreation)15%Fines and other9.4%Federal tax money7.6%State tax money5.6%

What stands out

20%

of Mission Viejo's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.8%.

City taxes62%

Property tax
35%$43.5 million
Sales tax
20%$24.7 million
Other taxes
6.9%$8.4 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Public utility taxes$3.8 million
  • Other licenses$2.6 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.4 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$659 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$18.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$10.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$7.8 million
  • Other government-run businesses$360 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.6%

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

From the federal government
7.6%$9.3 million

State tax money5.6%

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

From the state
5.6%$6.9 million

Fines and other9.4%

Interest, rents and other
8.8%$10.9 million
Fines
0.6%$736 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking28%Parks, recreation and libraries22%Sent to other local governments17%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Running the government and other costs11%All other spending5.6%

What stands out

17%

of Mission Viejo's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
28%$45.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$44.5 million
  • Public transit$605 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
22%$35.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$30.1 million
  • Libraries$5.4 million
Sent to other local governments
17%$28.5 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$28.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$405 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$27.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$24.0 million
  • Inspections and regulation$2.8 million
  • Courts and legal services$404 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$18.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$14.2 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.8 million
  • Other government-run businesses$180 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.3%$3.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3.8 million
Interest on debt
2.1%$3.5 million
Housing and community development
1.2%$1.9 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Mission Viejo. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Mission Viejo 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.