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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Linden took in $1.1 million and spent $935 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)58%Town taxes22%Fines and other8.9%State tax money8.5%County and local tax money2.6%

What stands out

58%

of Linden'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 taxes22%

Property tax
9.7%$103 thousand
Other taxes
7.1%$76 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and public utility taxes
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$71 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
5.0%$53 thousand

Fees for services58%

Fees for services
58%$618 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$409 thousand
  • Sewer$151 thousand
  • Garbage collection$38 thousand
  • Other service charges$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.5%

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

From the state
8.5%$90 thousand

County and local tax money2.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.6%$28 thousand

Fines and other8.9%

Interest, rents and other
8.9%$95 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities72%Roads, transit and parking8.0%Sent to other local governments6.8%Running the government and other costs6.7%Police, fire, courts and jails4.0%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

72%

of Linden'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
72%$677 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$470 thousand
  • Sewer systems$169 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$38 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.0%$75 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$75 thousand
Sent to other local governments
6.8%$64 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$54 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$10 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.7%$63 thousand
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$28 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$18 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$17 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.0%$37 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$37 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$10 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt and interest on general debt
  • Interest on water supply debt$9 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$9 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Linden. 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 Linden 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.