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West Covina's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), West Covina took in $141 million and spent $127 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes55%Fees for services (parks and recreation, transit fares)24%Federal tax money8.4%Fines and other7.6%State tax money5.2%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

23%

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

City taxes55%

Sales tax
23%$31.7 million
Property tax
22%$30.6 million
Other taxes
10%$14.6 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 4 more
  • Public utility taxes$4.8 million
  • Other licenses$4.8 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.5 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.8 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$662 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$89 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services24%

Fees for services
24%$33.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$32.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$921 thousand
  • Transit fares$22 thousand
  • Housing$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.4%

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

From the federal government
8.4%$11.8 million

State tax money5.2%

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

From the state
5.2%$7.3 million

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.3%$444 thousand

Fines and other7.6%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$8.5 million
Fines
1.6%$2.2 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails43%Interest on debt16%Roads, transit and parking14%Running the government and other costs13%Health and hospitals8.5%All other spending5.9%

What stands out

16%

of West Covina's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 2.5%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
43%$53.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$30.0 million
  • Fire protection$20.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$3.3 million
Interest on debt
16%$20.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
14%$18.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$15.1 million
  • Public transit$2.9 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$16.3 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)$15.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$720 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.5%$10.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$10.7 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.2%$5.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5.3 million
Housing and community development
1.7%$2.2 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of West Covina. 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 West Covina 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.