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Elk Horn's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Elk Horn took in $1.2 million and spent $920 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes39%Fees for services (water, sewer)32%State tax money22%Fines and other4.6%County and local tax money2.8%

What stands out

33%

of Elk Horn's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes39%

Property tax
33%$410 thousand
Sales tax
6.0%$75 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services
32%$396 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$222 thousand
  • Sewer$87 thousand
  • Garbage collection$67 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$272 thousand

County and local tax money2.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.8%$35 thousand

Fines and other4.6%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$58 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities37%Parks, recreation and libraries30%Running the government and other costs11%Roads, transit and parking9.9%Police, fire, courts and jails4.8%All other spending6.6%

What stands out

30%

of Elk Horn's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
37%$343 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Water supply$220 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$70 thousand
  • Sewer systems$53 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
30%$280 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$208 thousand
  • Libraries$72 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$101 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$53 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$35 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.9%$91 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$91 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.8%$44 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$24 thousand
  • Police$17 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$3 thousand
Interest on debt
3.3%$30 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.8%$17 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$17 thousand
Social services
1.4%$13 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Elk Horn. 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 Elk Horn 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.