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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Remsen took in $5.9 million and spent $5.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, gas)67%City taxes22%State tax money3.9%Fines and other3.1%Federal tax money2.0%County and local tax money1.7%

What stands out

67%

of Remsen'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 taxes22%

Property tax
17%$1.0 million
Sales tax
4.6%$273 thousand
Other taxes
0.7%$41 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$22 thousand
  • Other licenses$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$4.0 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; gas and 5 more
  • Electric power$1.6 million
  • Gas$802 thousand
  • Water$788 thousand
  • Sewer$362 thousand
  • Other service charges$254 thousand
  • Garbage collection$165 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.0%

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

From the federal government
2.0%$121 thousand

State tax money3.9%

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

From the state
3.9%$233 thousand

County and local tax money1.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.7%$103 thousand

Fines and other3.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.0%$178 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities71%Roads, transit and parking8.1%Running the government and other costs6.4%Health and hospitals5.8%Police, fire, courts and jails4.0%All other spending5.1%

What stands out

71%

of Remsen'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
71%$3.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 3 more
  • Electric power$1.4 million
  • Water supply$965 thousand
  • Gas supply$904 thousand
  • Sewer systems$183 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$167 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.1%$415 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$415 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.4%$327 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$199 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$93 thousand
  • Government buildings$23 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$12 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.8%$295 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$295 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.0%$203 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$161 thousand
  • Fire protection$36 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$6 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.8%$144 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$83 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$61 thousand
Interest on debt
2.0%$104 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$10 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$10 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Remsen. 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 Remsen 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.