County government · Payette County, ID

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Payette County took in $16.7 million and spent $18.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes53%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)25%State tax money19%Fines and other2.7%

What stands out

25%

of Payette County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes53%

Property tax
48%$8.0 million
Other taxes
5.8%$975 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; motor vehicle licenses and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$469 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$286 thousand
  • Other licenses$213 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$6 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services25%

Fees for services
25%$4.2 million
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$3.1 million
  • Other service charges$1.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$3.1 million

Fines and other2.7%

Fines
1.4%$238 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.3%$212 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Roads, transit and parking10%Social services7.0%All other spending4.0%

What stands out

20%

of Payette County's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 0.8%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
33%$6.0 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$3.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.5 million
  • Government buildings$534 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$408 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
26%$4.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Police$2.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$934 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$830 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$459 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$14 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$3.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
10%$1.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$1.8 million
  • Public transit$25 thousand
  • Ports and harbors$20 thousand
  • Airports$4 thousand
Social services
7.0%$1.3 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.3 million
Environment and natural resources
3.2%$581 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$581 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.7%$134 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$134 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$11 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Payette County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. 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 Payette 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.