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Clear Lake's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Clear Lake took in $1.6 million and spent $977 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer)66%Town taxes21%State tax money13%County and local tax money0.6%Fines and other0.1%

What stands out

66%

of Clear Lake'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%.

Town taxes21%

Property tax
20%$305 thousand
Other taxes
1.2%$19 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services66%

Fees for services
66%$1.0 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer
  • Sewer$1.0 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$197 thousand

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$10 thousand

Fines and other0.1%

Interest, rents and other
0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs47%Roads, transit and parking39%Water, sewer, trash and utilities10%Police, fire, courts and jails4.4%

What stands out

39%

of Clear Lake's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
47%$458 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$298 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$160 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
39%$377 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$377 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
10%$99 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$99 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.4%$43 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$43 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Clear Lake. 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 Town of Clear Lake 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.