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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ferdinand took in $8.4 million and spent $5.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)71%State tax money18%Town taxes8.4%Fines and other1.4%County and local tax money0.8%

What stands out

71%

of Ferdinand'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 taxes8.4%

Property tax
8.2%$691 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$13 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$6.0 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 3 more
  • Electric power$3.9 million
  • Sewer$1.1 million
  • Water$941 thousand
  • Garbage collection$41 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$1.5 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%$68 thousand

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.4%$117 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities63%Running the government and other costs25%Roads, transit and parking5.3%Parks, recreation and libraries2.4%Interest on debt1.8%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

63%

of Ferdinand's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
63%$3.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Electric power$2.9 million
  • Sewer systems$422 thousand
  • Water supply$411 thousand
Running the government and other costs
25%$1.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$975 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$303 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$179 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.3%$311 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$311 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.4%$142 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$142 thousand
Interest on debt
1.8%$103 thousand
Housing and community development
1.3%$75 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.2%$68 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$68 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$7 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Ferdinand. 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 Ferdinand 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.