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New Portland's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), New Portland took in $1.2 million and spent $1.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes59%State tax money36%Fees for services (garbage collection)4.0%Fines and other0.8%

What stands out

36%

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

Town taxes59%

Property tax
59%$705 thousand

Fees for services4.0%

Fees for services
4.0%$48 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$47 thousand
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money36%

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

From the state
36%$435 thousand

Fines and other0.8%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking53%Running the government and other costs26%Police, fire, courts and jails8.2%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.0%Health and hospitals4.0%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

7%

of New Portland's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
53%$560 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$560 thousand
Running the government and other costs
26%$272 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$177 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$64 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$15 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
  • Government buildings$7 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.2%$87 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$87 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.0%$74 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$74 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.0%$42 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$42 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$11 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$7 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$7 thousand
Social services
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of New Portland. 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 Town of New Portland 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.