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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ingalls took in $5.3 million and spent $4.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)46%State tax money41%Town taxes13%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

41%

of Ingalls' money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

Town taxes13%

Property tax
12%$614 thousand
Other taxes
1.0%$50 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$50 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services46%

Fees for services
46%$2.4 million
What's in fees for servicesWater and garbage collection
  • Water$2.1 million
  • Garbage collection$358 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$2.2 million

Fines and other0.2%

Fines
0.2%$8 thousand
Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities63%Roads, transit and parking15%Police, fire, courts and jails9.2%Running the government and other costs6.8%Sent to other local governments4.0%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

63%

of Ingalls' 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%$3.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply
  • Water supply$3.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$712 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$712 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.2%$436 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$436 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.8%$322 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$140 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$95 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$77 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
Sent to other local governments
4.0%$190 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$190 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$60 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$22 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$22 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Ingalls. 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 Ingalls 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.