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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), Fairfield took in $23.0 million and spent $17.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended April 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, gas)61%Fines and other17%State tax money15%City taxes6.6%

What stands out

17%

of Fairfield's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 3%.

City taxes6.6%

Property tax
6.2%$1.4 million
Other taxes
0.4%$96 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$60 thousand
  • Other licenses$19 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services61%

Fees for services
61%$14.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; gas and 3 more
  • Electric power$8.0 million
  • Gas$2.8 million
  • Water$2.6 million
  • Garbage collection$706 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$3.6 million

Fines and other17%

Interest, rents and other
17%$3.8 million
Fines
0.1%$30 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities59%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Roads, transit and parking7.4%Interest on debt2.4%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

59%

of Fairfield's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
59%$10.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; gas supply and 3 more
  • Electric power$6.1 million
  • Gas supply$1.7 million
  • Water supply$1.6 million
  • Sewer systems$534 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$391 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$2.9 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$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$741 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$575 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$227 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$2.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$1.9 million
  • Fire protection$544 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.4%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.2 million
  • Airports$68 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$419 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$234 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$234 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$74 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$74 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Fairfield. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended April 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Fairfield 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.