Township government · Effingham County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Union Township took in $254 thousand and spent $136 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes80%Fines and other16%State tax money4.7%

What stands out

16%

of Union 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 taxes80%

Property tax
80%$202 thousand

State tax money4.7%

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

From the state
4.7%$12 thousand

Fines and other16%

Interest, rents and other
16%$40 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking67%Running the government and other costs29%Sent to other local governments2.9%Social services0.7%

What stands out

67%

of Union 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
67%$91 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$91 thousand
Running the government and other costs
29%$40 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other government-run businesses and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$34 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Sent to other local governments
2.9%$4 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$3 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1 thousand
Social services
0.7%$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

Union 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 Union 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.