Town government · Knox County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Appleton took in $4.5 million and spent $4.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes69%State tax money29%Fines and other1.4%Fees for services0.3%

What stands out

69%

of Appleton's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes69%

Property tax
69%$3.1 million
Other taxes
0.2%$11 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$7 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$14 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money29%

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

From the state
29%$1.3 million

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.4%$64 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges77%Roads, transit and parking13%Running the government and other costs4.8%Police, fire, courts and jails2.3%Sent to other local governments1.3%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

77%

of Appleton's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
77%$3.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$3.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
13%$510 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$510 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.8%$193 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$101 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$45 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$19 thousand
  • Government buildings$18 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$10 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.3%$93 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$82 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$10 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.3%$53 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$53 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$23 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$19 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$19 thousand
Social services
0.3%$12 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Appleton. 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 Town of Appleton 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.