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What Cheer's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), What Cheer took in $681 thousand and spent $620 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)39%City taxes32%State tax money19%Federal tax money8.8%Fines and other0.9%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

12%

of What Cheer's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes32%

Property tax
19%$127 thousand
Sales tax
12%$82 thousand
Other taxes
1.3%$9 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$8 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services39%

Fees for services
39%$263 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 3 more
  • Water$105 thousand
  • Sewer$74 thousand
  • Garbage collection$62 thousand
  • Other service charges$21 thousand
  • Housing$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.8%

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

From the federal government
8.8%$60 thousand

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$131 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$3 thousand

Fines and other0.9%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities41%Roads, transit and parking30%Running the government and other costs21%Parks, recreation and libraries4.7%Police, fire, courts and jails2.3%Interest on debt0.6%

What stands out

30%

of What Cheer's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
41%$257 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$107 thousand
  • Sewer systems$89 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$61 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
30%$186 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$186 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$130 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$84 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$43 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.7%$29 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$23 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.3%$14 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$12 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$2 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of What Cheer. 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 What Cheer 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.