Borough government · Lower Connecticut River Valley County, CT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Fenwick took in $222 thousand and spent $239 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes78%State tax money17%Fees for services (school lunches)2.7%Fines and other1.8%

What stands out

77%

of Fenwick's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

Borough taxes78%

Property tax
77%$170 thousand
Other taxes
1.8%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.7%

Fees for services
2.7%$6 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and school lunches
  • Other service charges$5 thousand
  • School lunches$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money17%

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

From the state
17%$38 thousand

Fines and other1.8%

Interest, rents and other
1.8%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges47%Running the government and other costs31%Police, fire, courts and jails9.6%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.8%Roads, transit and parking2.5%All other spending6.3%

What stands out

47%

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

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
47%$112 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$112 thousand
Running the government and other costs
31%$74 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$68 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3 thousand
  • Government buildings$2 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.6%$23 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$12 thousand
  • Fire protection$11 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.8%$9 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$5 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$4 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.5%$6 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6 thousand
Interest on debt
2.5%$6 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.1%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.8%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$1 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.8%$2 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$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Fenwick. 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 Borough of Fenwick 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.