Town government · Hancock County, ME

Great Pond's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Great Pond took in $121 thousand and spent $40 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes55%State tax money45%

What stands out

45%

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

Town taxes55%

Property tax
55%$66 thousand
Other taxes
0.8%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$54 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails50%Running the government and other costs33%Roads, transit and parking15%Social services2.5%

What stands out

50%

of Great Pond's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
50%$20 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$16 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Running the government and other costs
33%$13 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$5 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$6 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6 thousand
Social services
2.5%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Great Pond. 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 Great Pond 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.