Town government · Northwest Hills County, CT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Litchfield took in $37.2 million and spent $41.5 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 taxes84%State tax money9.9%Fees for services (parks and recreation, sewer)4.9%Fines and other1.2%

What stands out

84%

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

Town taxes84%

Property tax
84%$31.2 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$8 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.9%

Fees for services
4.9%$1.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$1.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$166 thousand
  • Sewer$111 thousand
  • Other school charges$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money9.9%

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

From the state
9.9%$3.7 million

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.2%$454 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges55%Running the government and other costs20%Roads, transit and parking12%Police, fire, courts and jails4.2%Health and hospitals3.2%All other spending5.9%

What stands out

55%

of Litchfield'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%

Schools and colleges
55%$22.6 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$22.6 million
Running the government and other costs
20%$8.2 million
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$6.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$802 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$713 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$35 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$5.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.2%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$930 thousand
  • Police$499 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$208 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$111 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.2%$1.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.2%$1.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$726 thousand
  • Libraries$595 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$668 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$227 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$227 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$163 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$163 thousand
Social services
0.2%$64 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$64 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Litchfield. 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 Litchfield 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.