City government · Marion County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), Salem took in $69.1 million and spent $49.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, gas)77%Federal tax money9.1%State tax money8.3%City taxes5.0%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

77%

of Salem'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%.

City taxes5.0%

Property tax
5.0%$3.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$18 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$18 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services77%

Fees for services
77%$53.2 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; gas and 3 more
  • Hospital bills$45.6 million
  • Gas$3.9 million
  • Water$3.0 million
  • Garbage collection$544 thousand
  • Other service charges$254 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
9.1%$6.3 million

State tax money8.3%

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

From the state
8.3%$5.7 million

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$355 thousand
Fines
0.1%$73 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals71%Water, sewer, trash and utilities13%Running the government and other costs5.7%Police, fire, courts and jails5.2%Roads, transit and parking2.2%All other spending3.4%

What stands out

71%

of Salem's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
71%$35.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$35.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
13%$6.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply and water supply
  • Gas supply$3.9 million
  • Water supply$2.3 million
Running the government and other costs
5.7%$2.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$527 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$183 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$181 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.2%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$2.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.2%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$986 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$515 thousand
  • Libraries$471 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$704 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Salem. 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 Salem 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.