City government · Pocahontas County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Rolfe took in $1.2 million and spent $1.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (gas, sewer)52%City taxes27%County and local tax money9.0%State tax money6.2%Federal tax money3.2%Fines and other1.9%

What stands out

of Rolfe's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes27%

Property tax

21%$260 thousand

Sales tax

5.4%$67 thousand

Other taxes

1.0%$12 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses

Public utility taxes$9 thousand
Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services52%

Fees for services

52%$644 thousand

What's in fees for servicesGas; sewer and 4 more

Gas$308 thousand
Sewer$125 thousand
Water$118 thousand
Garbage collection$79 thousand
Other service charges$11 thousand
Parks and recreation$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.2%

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

From the federal government

3.2%$40 thousand

State tax money6.2%

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

From the state

6.2%$77 thousand

County and local tax money9.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

9.0%$111 thousand

Fines and other1.9%

Interest, rents and other

1.9%$23 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities53%Roads, transit and parking13%Running the government and other costs9.7%Parks, recreation and libraries9.0%Police, fire, courts and jails8.5%All other spending6.7%

What stands out

53%

of Rolfe'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

53%$554 thousand

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; water supply and 2 more

Gas supply$295 thousand
Water supply$111 thousand
Garbage and solid waste$101 thousand
Sewer systems$47 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

13%$131 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$131 thousand

Running the government and other costs

9.7%$101 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$88 thousand
Other and not broken out$7 thousand
Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
Government buildings$1 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

9.0%$93 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries

Parks and recreation$63 thousand
Libraries$30 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

8.5%$88 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection

Police$62 thousand
Fire protection$26 thousand

Interest on debt

3.5%$36 thousand

What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt and interest on general debt

Interest on water supply debt$19 thousand
Interest on general debt$17 thousand

Health and hospitals

3.2%$33 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$33 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Rolfe. 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 Rolfe 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.