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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Temple took in $22.5 million and spent $25.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes86%State tax money8.6%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)7.5%Federal tax money0.7%

What stands out

23%

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

City taxes86%

Property tax
48%$10.7 million
Sales tax
23%$5.2 million
Other taxes
15%$3.5 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 4 more
  • Other licenses$1.5 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$748 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$728 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$210 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$193 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$69 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.5%

Fees for services
7.5%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$153 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$86 thousand
  • Transit fares$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.7%

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

From the federal government
0.7%$162 thousand

State tax money8.6%

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

From the state
8.6%$1.9 million

Fines and other-3.2%

Fines
2.8%$640 thousand
Interest, rents and other
-6.1%-$1.4 million

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Roads, transit and parking21%Parks, recreation and libraries20%Housing and community development2.8%Health and hospitals1.8%

What stands out

20%

of Temple's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 5.6%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
27%$6.9 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)$4.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.2 million
  • Other and not broken out$59 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$6.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$5.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$236 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
21%$5.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$5.0 million
  • Public transit$361 thousand
  • Parking$97 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
20%$5.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5.1 million
Housing and community development
2.8%$723 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.8%$457 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$457 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Temple. 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 Temple 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.