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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Gowrie took in $3.1 million and spent $2.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)64%City taxes23%Federal tax money5.6%State tax money4.4%Fines and other2.8%County and local tax money0.9%

What stands out

64%

of Gowrie'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%.

City taxes23%

Property tax
17%$515 thousand
Sales tax
6.1%$187 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services64%

Fees for services
64%$2.0 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 4 more
  • Electric power$1.2 million
  • Water$259 thousand
  • Sewer$225 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$124 thousand
  • Garbage collection$102 thousand
  • Other service charges$75 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.6%

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

From the federal government
5.6%$172 thousand

State tax money4.4%

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

From the state
4.4%$135 thousand

County and local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.9%$27 thousand

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.7%$83 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities59%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Running the government and other costs8.8%Police, fire, courts and jails7.2%Roads, transit and parking7.0%All other spending6.9%

What stands out

59%

of Gowrie'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
59%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$865 thousand
  • Sewer systems$260 thousand
  • Water supply$233 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$102 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$281 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$212 thousand
  • Libraries$69 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.8%$219 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$123 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$80 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8 thousand
  • Government buildings$6 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.2%$178 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$118 thousand
  • Fire protection$56 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.0%$174 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$174 thousand
Social services
2.9%$73 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$73 thousand
Housing and community development
1.5%$38 thousand
Interest on debt
1.5%$37 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt; interest on electric power debt and 1 more
  • Interest on general debt$24 thousand
  • Interest on electric power debt$11 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$2 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$18 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$18 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Gowrie. 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 Gowrie 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.