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San Dimas's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), San Dimas took in $40.3 million and spent $34.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes69%Fees for services (parks and recreation, sewer)11%Federal tax money10%State tax money6.2%Fines and other3.6%

What stands out

29%

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

City taxes69%

Sales tax
29%$11.6 million
Property tax
24%$9.9 million
Other taxes
16%$6.5 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$2.6 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.8 million
  • Other licenses$1.2 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$587 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$255 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$4.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$2.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$2.0 million
  • Sewer$77 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

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

From the federal government
10%$4.2 million

State tax money6.2%

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

From the state
6.2%$2.5 million

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$1.0 million
Fines
1.1%$430 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails29%Roads, transit and parking19%Parks, recreation and libraries12%Housing and community development5.3%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

0.1%

of San Dimas' spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 24%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
33%$11.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$3.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
29%$9.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and inspections and regulation
  • Police$8.0 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
19%$6.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$6.2 million
  • Public transit$387 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
12%$4.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4.1 million
Housing and community development
5.3%$1.8 million
Health and hospitals
0.6%$204 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$204 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$192 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.1%$47 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$47 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of San Dimas. 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 San Dimas 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.