Town government · Somerset County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Dennistown Plantation took in $178 thousand and spent $193 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes66%State tax money34%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

34%

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

Town taxes66%

Property tax
66%$117 thousand

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$60 thousand

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments74%Schools and colleges9.3%Running the government and other costs9.3%Roads, transit and parking3.6%Health and hospitals1.6%All other spending2.1%

What stands out

74%

of Dennistown Plantation's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
74%$143 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$143 thousand
Schools and colleges
9.3%$18 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$18 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.3%$18 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$9 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$8 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.6%$7 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.6%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.6%$3 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
0.5%$1 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Dennistown Plantation. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Dennistown 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.