County government · Valley County, ID

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2023), Valley County took in $15.3 million and spent $22.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money39%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks, land and natural resources)31%County taxes21%Fines and other9.4%

What stands out

31%

of Valley 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 taxes21%

Property tax
21%$3.2 million

Fees for services31%

Fees for services
31%$4.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$2.3 million
  • Garbage collection$2.1 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$163 thousand
  • Road charges$141 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%$6.0 million

Fines and other9.4%

Interest, rents and other
9.4%$1.4 million

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs34%Roads, transit and parking26%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.9%Health and hospitals6.8%All other spending3.1%

What stands out

8.9%

of Valley 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
34%$7.6 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$5.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$648 thousand
  • Government buildings$376 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
26%$5.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$5.6 million
  • Airports$37 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$4.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.9%$2.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.0 million
Health and hospitals
6.8%$1.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.5 million
Environment and natural resources
2.5%$554 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$554 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$82 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$82 thousand
Social services
0.1%$32 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$32 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Valley County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Valley 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.