Township government · LaSalle County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Freedom Township took in $315 thousand and spent $393 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 taxes89%State tax money7.0%Fines and other4.1%

What stands out

89%

of Freedom Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Township taxes89%

Property tax
89%$280 thousand

State tax money7.0%

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

From the state
7.0%$22 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$13 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking78%Running the government and other costs18%Parks, recreation and libraries2.0%Interest on debt1.0%Social services0.3%

What stands out

78%

of Freedom 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%$308 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$308 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$72 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$48 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$24 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$8 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$8 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$4 thousand
Social services
0.3%$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

Freedom 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 Freedom 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.