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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Hawthorne took in $2.8 million and spent $3.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)39%State tax money28%City taxes21%County and local tax money7.7%Fines and other5.4%

What stands out

7.7%

of Hawthorne's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes21%

Other taxes

11%$313 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; motor fuel taxes and 2 more

Public utility taxes$182 thousand
Motor fuel taxes$123 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$6 thousand
Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax

9.5%$264 thousand

Fees for services39%

Fees for services

39%$1.1 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 5 more

Sewer$378 thousand
Water$285 thousand
Garbage collection$244 thousand
Transit fares$83 thousand
Parks and recreation$49 thousand
Road charges$29 thousand
Other service charges$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money28%

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

From the state

28%$766 thousand

County and local tax money7.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

7.7%$214 thousand

Fines and other5.4%

Interest, rents and other

5.0%$140 thousand

Fines

0.4%$11 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities61%Parks, recreation and libraries15%Running the government and other costs14%Roads, transit and parking5.8%Interest on debt3.2%Police, fire, courts and jails0.9%

What stands out

15%

of Hawthorne's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

61%$2.1 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more

Water supply$1.5 million
Sewer systems$450 thousand
Garbage and solid waste$237 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

15%$530 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$530 thousand

Running the government and other costs

14%$493 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$291 thousand
Other and not broken out$123 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$79 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

5.8%$204 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$204 thousand

Interest on debt

3.2%$114 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

0.9%$32 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services

Courts and legal services$32 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hawthorne. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Hawthorne 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.