Township government · Will County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Wheatland Township took in $2.8 million and spent $2.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes96%State tax money3.1%Fines and other1.4%

What stands out

93%

of Wheatland Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of 50,000+ people gets 66%.

Township taxes96%

Property tax
93%$2.6 million
Other taxes
2.4%$66 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$66 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money3.1%

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

From the state
3.1%$85 thousand

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.3%$36 thousand
Fines
0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking66%Running the government and other costs33%Parks, recreation and libraries0.3%Interest on debt0.3%

What stands out

66%

of Wheatland Township's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of 50,000+ people spends 7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
66%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
Running the government and other costs
33%$874 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$412 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$399 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$40 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$23 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$9 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$9 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wheatland 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 Wheatland 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.