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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Star took in $5.5 million and spent $4.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes66%State tax money18%Fines and other13%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)3.4%

What stands out

44%

of Star's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 6.1%.

City taxes66%

Other taxes
44%$2.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 2 more
  • Other licenses$2.2 million
  • Public utility taxes$196 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$5 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
22%$1.2 million

Fees for services3.4%

Fees for services
3.4%$189 thousand
What's in fees for servicesParks and recreation; other service charges and 1 more
  • Parks and recreation$81 thousand
  • Other service charges$72 thousand
  • Garbage collection$36 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$988 thousand

Fines and other13%

Interest, rents and other
12%$692 thousand
Fines
0.2%$11 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments40%Running the government and other costs39%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Parks, recreation and libraries9.7%Roads, transit and parking0.1%

What stands out

40%

of Star's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
40%$1.6 million
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$1.6 million
Running the government and other costs
39%$1.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsGovernment buildings; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Government buildings$723 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$438 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$416 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$458 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation
  • Inspections and regulation$458 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
9.7%$391 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$391 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.1%$6 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit
  • Public transit$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Star. 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 City of Star 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.