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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Lenox took in $4.6 million and spent $4.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (gas, sewer)65%City taxes17%State tax money7.2%Fines and other5.7%County and local tax money2.3%Federal tax money2.3%

What stands out

65%

of Lenox'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 taxes17%

Property tax
14%$640 thousand
Sales tax
3.3%$151 thousand
Other taxes
0.1%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$3.0 million
What's in fees for servicesGas; sewer and 4 more
  • Gas$2.4 million
  • Sewer$360 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$127 thousand
  • Garbage collection$115 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.3%

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

From the federal government
2.3%$104 thousand

State tax money7.2%

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

From the state
7.2%$331 thousand

County and local tax money2.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.3%$106 thousand

Fines and other5.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.6%$258 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities55%Parks, recreation and libraries14%Running the government and other costs11%Roads, transit and parking6.0%Police, fire, courts and jails5.0%All other spending8.8%

What stands out

14%

of Lenox'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
55%$2.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Gas supply$2.2 million
  • Sewer systems$227 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$108 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
14%$671 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$407 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$264 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$512 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$408 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$52 thousand
  • Government buildings$29 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$12 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.0%$277 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$277 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.0%$233 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$204 thousand
  • Fire protection$29 thousand
Sent to other local governments
4.4%$202 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$202 thousand
Social services
2.2%$104 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$104 thousand
Interest on debt
2.2%$101 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 Lenox. 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 Lenox 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.