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Westwood Hills's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Westwood Hills took in $557 thousand and spent $287 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes83%Fines and other9.7%State tax money7.2%

What stands out

28%

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

City taxes83%

Property tax
49%$271 thousand
Sales tax
28%$155 thousand
Other taxes
6.6%$37 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Public utility taxes$30 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money7.2%

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

From the state
7.2%$40 thousand

Fines and other9.7%

Interest, rents and other
8.3%$46 thousand
Fines
1.4%$8 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails57%Running the government and other costs38%Interest on debt4.2%

What stands out

57%

of Westwood Hills' spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
57%$165 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$165 thousand
Running the government and other costs
38%$110 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$77 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$30 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3 thousand
Interest on debt
4.2%$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Westwood Hills. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Westwood Hills 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.