Town government · Aroostook County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended January 31, 2022), Caswell took in $1.6 million and spent $1.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money73%Town taxes21%Fines and other6.1%

What stands out

73%

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

Town taxes21%

Property tax
21%$343 thousand

State tax money73%

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

From the state
73%$1.2 million

Fines and other6.1%

Interest, rents and other
6.1%$100 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges69%Roads, transit and parking15%Running the government and other costs7.3%Sent to other local governments4.2%Police, fire, courts and jails1.9%All other spending3.5%

What stands out

69%

of Caswell'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
69%$1.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$226 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$226 thousand
Running the government and other costs
7.3%$114 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$104 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$9 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
Sent to other local governments
4.2%$65 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$65 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.9%$29 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$29 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.5%$24 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$24 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$11 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Social services
0.6%$9 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$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 Caswell. 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 Caswell 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.