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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Balltown took in $45 thousand and spent $100 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer)42%City taxes33%Federal tax money11%State tax money8.9%Fines and other4.4%

What stands out

29%

of Balltown's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes33%

Sales tax
29%$13 thousand
Property tax
2.2%$1 thousand
Other taxes
2.2%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services42%

Fees for services
42%$19 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer
  • Sewer$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
11%$5 thousand

State tax money8.9%

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

From the state
8.9%$4 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other
4.4%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking37%Sent to other local governments36%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Running the government and other costs7.0%Police, fire, courts and jails2.0%Parks, recreation and libraries2.0%

What stands out

36%

of Balltown's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
37%$37 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$37 thousand
Sent to other local governments
36%$36 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$36 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$16 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$12 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$4 thousand
Running the government and other costs
7.0%$7 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$5 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.0%$2 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$2 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Balltown. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Balltown 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.