City government · Cook County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), Hometown took in $5.0 million and spent $4.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money38%Fees for services (water, sewer)31%City taxes19%Fines and other12%

What stands out

38%

of Hometown's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes19%

Property tax
10%$507 thousand
Other taxes
8.6%$427 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$216 thousand
  • Other licenses$211 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services31%

Fees for services
31%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 1 more
  • Water$932 thousand
  • Sewer$574 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$1.9 million

Fines and other12%

Fines
11%$560 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.8%$42 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs55%Police, fire, courts and jails32%Roads, transit and parking9.0%Parks, recreation and libraries2.6%Health and hospitals0.7%

What stands out

55%

of Hometown's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
55%$2.4 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$1.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$524 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$391 thousand
  • Government buildings$72 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$1.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.0%$386 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$386 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.6%$112 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$80 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$32 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.7%$32 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$32 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hometown. 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 Hometown 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.