County government · Wapello County, IA

Wapello County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Wapello County took in $22.3 million and spent $21.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes61%State tax money28%Fees for services6.9%Fines and other4.2%

What stands out

53%

of Wapello County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes61%

Property tax
53%$11.7 million
Sales tax
7.9%$1.8 million
Other taxes
0.4%$81 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$81 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.9%

Fees for services
6.9%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.5 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money28%

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

From the state
28%$6.2 million

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other
4.2%$944 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs30%Roads, transit and parking27%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Health and hospitals7.1%Social services6.9%All other spending4.1%

What stands out

6.9%

of Wapello County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
30%$6.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.8 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$575 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
27%$5.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$5.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$4.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$820 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$32 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.1%$1.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.5 million
Social services
6.9%$1.5 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.6%$764 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$682 thousand
  • Libraries$82 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$99 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wapello County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Wapello County 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.