Village government · Sangamon County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), Riverton took in $8.2 million and spent $9.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended April 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, gas)71%State tax money15%Fines and other9.5%Village taxes4.1%

What stands out

71%

of Riverton's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Village taxes4.1%

Property tax
2.6%$212 thousand
Other taxes
1.5%$124 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$83 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$28 thousand
  • Other licenses$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$5.8 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; gas and 3 more
  • Electric power$3.5 million
  • Gas$982 thousand
  • Water$778 thousand
  • Sewer$501 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$60 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%$1.2 million

Fines and other9.5%

Fines
5.3%$431 thousand
Interest, rents and other
4.2%$342 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities66%Running the government and other costs14%Police, fire, courts and jails10%Parks, recreation and libraries4.8%Roads, transit and parking4.5%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

66%

of Riverton'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
66%$6.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$3.3 million
  • Water supply$1.4 million
  • Gas supply$998 thousand
  • Sewer systems$657 thousand
Running the government and other costs
14%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$175 thousand
  • Government buildings$35 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$1.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$1.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.8%$463 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$390 thousand
  • Libraries$73 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.5%$433 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$433 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$39 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Riverton. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended April 30, 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 Village of Riverton 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.