Township government · Effingham County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Lucas Township took in $247 thousand and spent $125 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended March 31, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes82%Fines and other14%State tax money4.0%

What stands out

14%

of Lucas Township's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Township taxes82%

Property tax
82%$202 thousand

State tax money4.0%

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

From the state
4.0%$10 thousand

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
14%$35 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking71%Running the government and other costs21%Sent to other local governments5.6%Interest on debt2.4%

What stands out

5.6%

of Lucas Township's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
71%$89 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$89 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$26 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$24 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$2 thousand
Sent to other local governments
5.6%$7 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$7 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lucas Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Lucas 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.