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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Athol took in $965 thousand and spent $511 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money39%Fees for services (water, parks and recreation)35%City taxes25%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

39%

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

City taxes25%

Property tax
16%$159 thousand
Sales tax
7.6%$73 thousand
Other taxes
1.1%$11 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; alcoholic beverage licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$6 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$4 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services35%

Fees for services
35%$339 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Water$308 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
  • Other service charges$12 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$379 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$3 thousand
Fines
0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs95%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.5%Parks, recreation and libraries1.8%Roads, transit and parking0.2%

What stands out

95%

of Athol's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
95%$483 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$264 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$212 thousand
  • Government buildings$7 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.5%$18 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply
  • Water supply$18 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.8%$9 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$9 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Athol. 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 Athol 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.