Town government · Carroll County, IN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Flora took in $5.2 million and spent $4.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)65%State tax money26%Town taxes6.8%Fines and other1.0%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

65%

of Flora'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 taxes6.8%

Property tax
6.6%$345 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$9 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$5 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$3.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 1 more
  • Electric power$2.1 million
  • Sewer$659 thousand
  • Water$618 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$1.4 million

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$21 thousand

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$50 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs66%Roads, transit and parking21%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Parks, recreation and libraries1.3%Interest on debt0.9%

What stands out

66%

of Flora's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
66%$3.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and finance, tax collection and budgeting
  • Other and not broken out$3.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$52 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
21%$1.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
  • Airports$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$529 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$445 thousand
  • Fire protection$84 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$63 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$63 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$44 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Flora. 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 Flora 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.