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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Aurora took in $16.2 million and spent $8.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (gas, sewer)66%State tax money24%City taxes8.1%Fines and other1.1%County and local tax money0.8%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

66%

of Aurora'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 taxes8.1%

Property tax
8.0%$1.3 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$13 thousand
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services66%

Fees for services
66%$10.7 million
What's in fees for servicesGas; sewer and 4 more
  • Gas$6.6 million
  • Sewer$1.8 million
  • Water$1.7 million
  • Garbage collection$415 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$155 thousand
  • Other service charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$35 thousand

State tax money24%

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

From the state
24%$3.9 million

County and local tax money0.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.8%$133 thousand

Fines and other1.1%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$184 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities38%Running the government and other costs28%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Roads, transit and parking14%Parks, recreation and libraries2.8%Interest on debt1.2%

What stands out

16%

of Aurora's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
38%$3.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Gas supply$1.8 million
  • Sewer systems$918 thousand
  • Water supply$626 thousand
Running the government and other costs
28%$2.5 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$1.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$333 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$232 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Fire protection$155 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$36 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.8%$244 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$244 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$109 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Aurora. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Aurora 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.