City government · Santa Clara County, CA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Saratoga took in $39.6 million and spent $39.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes71%Federal tax money18%State tax money4.6%Fees for services (parks and recreation)4.3%Fines and other1.6%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

18%

of Saratoga's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 1.2%.

City taxes71%

Property tax
44%$17.5 million
Other taxes
21%$8.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Other licenses$4.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$2.5 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$758 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$502 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$373 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$187 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
5.4%$2.2 million

Fees for services4.3%

Fees for services
4.3%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$1.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money18%

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

From the federal government
18%$7.3 million

State tax money4.6%

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

From the state
4.6%$1.8 million

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$224 thousand

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.3%$527 thousand
Fines
0.3%$113 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs36%Roads, transit and parking26%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Health and hospitals2.9%All other spending2.1%

What stands out

26%

of Saratoga's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
36%$14.4 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)$8.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$845 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
26%$10.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$10.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$8.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$6.9 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$257 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$4.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4.4 million
Health and hospitals
2.9%$1.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.2 million
Housing and community development
1.1%$420 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$417 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Saratoga. 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 Saratoga 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.