Town government · Penobscot County, ME

Carroll Plantation's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended January 31, 2022), Carroll Plantation took in $646 thousand and spent $514 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended January 31, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes56%State tax money40%County and local tax money4.6%

What stands out

40%

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

Town taxes56%

Property tax
56%$359 thousand

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$257 thousand

County and local tax money4.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.6%$30 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges40%Sent to other local governments22%Roads, transit and parking20%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails1.0%

What stands out

40%

of Carroll Plantation'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
40%$208 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$208 thousand
Sent to other local governments
22%$115 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$115 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$104 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$104 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$82 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$40 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$34 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.0%$5 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Carroll Plantation. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended January 31, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Carroll Plantation 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.