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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Walden took in $2.4 million and spent $2.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (gas, water)73%Town taxes25%Fines and other2.2%State tax money0.1%

What stands out

20%

of Walden's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes25%

Sales tax
20%$486 thousand
Property tax
3.6%$86 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$22 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Public utility licenses$17 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services73%

Fees for services
73%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesGas; other service charges and 2 more
  • Gas$1.0 million
  • Other service charges$325 thousand
  • Water$268 thousand
  • Sewer$143 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.1%

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

From the state
0.1%$3 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$53 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities67%Running the government and other costs18%Sent to other local governments6.5%Police, fire, courts and jails3.9%Interest on debt2.3%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

67%

of Walden's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
67%$1.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; water supply and 1 more
  • Gas supply$1.0 million
  • Water supply$371 thousand
  • Sewer systems$315 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$454 thousand
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)$400 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$32 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$22 thousand
Sent to other local governments
6.5%$165 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$165 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$101 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$69 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$29 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$2 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Interest on debt
2.3%$58 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on gas supply debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on gas supply debt$50 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$8 thousand
Housing and community development
1.6%$40 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.6%$15 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$15 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Walden. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Walden 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.