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Yorba Linda's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Yorba Linda took in $88.1 million and spent $91.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes52%Fees for services (parks and recreation)24%Fines and other13%Federal tax money4.6%State tax money4.2%County and local tax money1.6%

What stands out

34%

of Yorba Linda's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 20%.

City taxes52%

Property tax
34%$30.4 million
Sales tax
10%$8.9 million
Other taxes
7.5%$6.6 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 3 more
  • Other licenses$2.5 million
  • Public utility taxes$2.3 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$950 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$497 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$385 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services24%

Fees for services
24%$21.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$19.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.6 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.6%

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

From the federal government
4.6%$4.0 million

State tax money4.2%

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

From the state
4.2%$3.7 million

County and local tax money1.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.6%$1.4 million

Fines and other13%

Interest, rents and other
13%$11.8 million
Fines
0.1%$119 thousand

Where it goes

Parks, recreation and libraries37%Roads, transit and parking25%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Health and hospitals3.6%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

37%

of Yorba Linda's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 6.4%.

Spending by category100%

Parks, recreation and libraries
37%$33.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$27.4 million
  • Libraries$6.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
25%$23.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$23.2 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$15.3 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)$11.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.3 million
  • Government buildings$617 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$14.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$10.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$4.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$766 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.6%$3.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3.3 million
Interest on debt
1.1%$987 thousand
Housing and community development
0.3%$291 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Yorba Linda. 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 Yorba Linda 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.