County government · Montgomery County, GA

Montgomery County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Montgomery County took in $7.7 million and spent $7.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes73%State tax money11%Fines and other9.2%Local tax money2.8%Federal tax money2.4%Fees for services (parks and recreation)2.1%

What stands out

21%

of Montgomery County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes73%

Property tax
46%$3.5 million
Sales tax
21%$1.6 million
Other taxes
5.5%$421 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; alcoholic beverage taxes and 3 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$379 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$19 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$17 thousand
  • Other licenses$5 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.1%

Fees for services
2.1%$162 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$151 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.4%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
2.4%$187 thousand

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$841 thousand

Local tax money2.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.8%$215 thousand

Fines and other9.2%

Interest, rents and other
6.4%$493 thousand
Fines
2.7%$211 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking31%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Health and hospitals6.2%Sent to other local governments5.2%All other spending7.4%

What stands out

31%

of Montgomery County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
31%$2.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.3 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$2.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$659 thousand
  • Government buildings$353 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$432 thousand
  • Fire protection$153 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.2%$466 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$466 thousand
Sent to other local governments
5.2%$394 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$394 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.9%$293 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$293 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$131 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$110 thousand
  • Libraries$21 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$62 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$62 thousand
Social services
0.8%$58 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$58 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$15 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Montgomery County. 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 Montgomery County 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.