Town government · Lower Connecticut River Valley County, CT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Essex took in $26.7 million and spent $31.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes93%State tax money4.2%Fees for services (school lunches, garbage collection)2.6%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

92%

of Essex's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes93%

Property tax
92%$24.4 million
Other taxes
1.0%$279 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$279 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.6%

Fees for services
2.6%$697 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; school lunches and 3 more
  • Other service charges$323 thousand
  • School lunches$201 thousand
  • Garbage collection$106 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$65 thousand
  • Other school charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.2%

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

From the state
4.2%$1.1 million

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$136 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs32%Schools and colleges29%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Roads, transit and parking10%Health and hospitals7.5%All other spending10%

What stands out

29%

of Essex's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
32%$10.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.6 million
  • Government buildings$1.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.4 million
  • Other and not broken out$641 thousand
Schools and colleges
29%$9.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$9.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$3.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$2.0 million
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Inspections and regulation$352 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$12 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
10%$3.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.3 million
Health and hospitals
7.5%$2.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.4 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.0%$1.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$1.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$588 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.7%$851 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$851 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$224 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$224 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$171 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Essex. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Essex 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.