City government · O'Brien County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Sanborn took in $9.8 million and spent $8.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)84%City taxes12%Fines and other2.3%State tax money2.0%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

84%

of Sanborn'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 taxes12%

Property tax
9.1%$892 thousand
Sales tax
2.4%$234 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$18 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$14 thousand
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services84%

Fees for services
84%$8.2 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 7 more
  • Electric power$2.8 million
  • Sewer$2.2 million
  • Gas$1.2 million
  • Water$1.1 million
  • Housing$677 thousand
  • Garbage collection$127 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$123 thousand
  • Other service charges$30 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money2.0%

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

From the state
2.0%$199 thousand

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$22 thousand

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$229 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities68%Parks, recreation and libraries9.2%Police, fire, courts and jails7.4%Running the government and other costs6.7%Interest on debt3.7%All other spending5.1%

What stands out

68%

of Sanborn'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
68%$6.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 3 more
  • Electric power$2.5 million
  • Sewer systems$1.5 million
  • Gas supply$1.2 million
  • Water supply$678 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$115 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
9.2%$816 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$728 thousand
  • Libraries$88 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.4%$657 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$360 thousand
  • Fire protection$286 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$11 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.7%$594 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$482 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$81 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$18 thousand
  • Government buildings$9 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4 thousand
Interest on debt
3.7%$330 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt; interest on water supply debt and 1 more
  • Interest on general debt$210 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$66 thousand
  • Interest on electric power debt$54 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.5%$309 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$309 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.9%$79 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$79 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.7%$66 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$66 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Sanborn. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Sanborn 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.