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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Urbana took in $57.6 million and spent $48.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes49%State tax money32%Fees for services (garbage collection, parking)15%Federal tax money2.2%Fines and other1.3%

What stands out

15%

of Urbana's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people get none.

City taxes49%

Property tax
22%$12.5 million
Sales tax
15%$8.4 million
Other taxes
13%$7.3 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$3.5 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.7 million
  • Other licenses$1.2 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$8.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Other service charges$5.6 million
  • Garbage collection$1.4 million
  • Parking$1.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$285 thousand
  • Housing$278 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.2%

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

From the federal government
2.2%$1.3 million

State tax money32%

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

From the state
32%$18.4 million

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$21 thousand

Fines and other1.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$477 thousand
Fines
0.5%$266 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails42%Running the government and other costs23%Roads, transit and parking16%Housing and community development9.8%Parks, recreation and libraries8.3%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

10%

of Urbana's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
42%$20.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$11.0 million
  • Police$9.3 million
Running the government and other costs
23%$11.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$96 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
16%$8.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$7.4 million
  • Parking$581 thousand
Housing and community development
9.8%$4.7 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.3%$4.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$4.0 million
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$201 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$201 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$83 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Urbana. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 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 Urbana 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.