Town government · Aroostook County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended January 31, 2022), Amity took in $366 thousand and spent $214 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money57%Town taxes41%Fines and other1.9%

What stands out

57%

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

Town taxes41%

Property tax

41%$149 thousand

State tax money57%

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

From the state

57%$210 thousand

Fines and other1.9%

Interest, rents and other

1.9%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking54%Running the government and other costs36%Police, fire, courts and jails7.9%Health and hospitals1.4%Parks, recreation and libraries0.5%

What stands out

36%

of Amity's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking

54%$115 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$115 thousand

Running the government and other costs

36%$78 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$71 thousand
Other and not broken out$7 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

7.9%$17 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection

Fire protection$17 thousand

Health and hospitals

1.4%$3 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$3 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

0.5%$1 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries

Libraries$1 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Amity. 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 Amity 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.