Town government · Lincoln County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended January 31, 2022), Alna took in $1.1 million and spent $659 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended January 31, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes68%State tax money31%Fees for services0.5%

What stands out

31%

of Alna's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes68%

Property tax
68%$723 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$5 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money31%

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

From the state
31%$334 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking56%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Interest on debt5.6%Social services3.8%Health and hospitals0.2%

What stands out

5.6%

of Alna's spending goes to interest on debt.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
56%$372 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$372 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$113 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$71 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$9 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$111 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$106 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$5 thousand
Interest on debt
5.6%$37 thousand
Social services
3.8%$25 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$25 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Alna. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended January 31, 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 Town of Alna 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.