Town government · Aroostook County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Garfield Plantation took in $432 thousand and spent $77 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money82%Town taxes14%Fines and other3.9%

What stands out

82%

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

Town taxes14%

Property tax
13%$56 thousand
Other taxes
0.7%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money82%

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

From the state
82%$356 thousand

Fines and other3.9%

Interest, rents and other
3.9%$17 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs42%Roads, transit and parking26%Health and hospitals16%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Police, fire, courts and jails1.3%

What stands out

16%

of Garfield Plantation's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
42%$32 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)$23 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$8 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
26%$20 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$20 thousand
Health and hospitals
16%$12 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$12 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$12 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.3%$1 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Garfield Plantation. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. 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 Garfield 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.