Township government · Ford County, IL

Button Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Button Township took in $645 thousand and spent $519 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended March 31, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes53%State tax money39%Fines and other7.8%

What stands out

39%

of Button Township's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Township taxes53%

Property tax
53%$341 thousand

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$254 thousand

Fines and other7.8%

Interest, rents and other
7.8%$50 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking78%Running the government and other costs21%Interest on debt0.8%Social services0.2%

What stands out

78%

of Button Township's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
78%$403 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$403 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$111 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$75 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$31 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$4 thousand
Social services
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Button Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. 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 Button Township 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.