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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Norridgewock took in $3.8 million and spent $2.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes35%Fines and other29%State tax money22%Fees for services (sewer, airport)14%

What stands out

29%

of Norridgewock's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Town taxes35%

Property tax
34%$1.3 million
Other taxes
0.6%$22 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$22 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$542 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer; airport and 3 more
  • Sewer$274 thousand
  • Airport$145 thousand
  • Other service charges$116 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$826 thousand

Fines and other29%

Interest, rents and other
29%$1.1 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Running the government and other costs25%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.5%Interest on debt4.8%All other spending2.2%

What stands out

7.5%

of Norridgewock'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
46%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$996 thousand
  • Airports$189 thousand
Running the government and other costs
25%$651 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$370 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$256 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$24 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$358 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$244 thousand
  • Police$107 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$7 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.5%$193 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$193 thousand
Interest on debt
4.8%$122 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.9%$50 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$38 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
Social services
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Norridgewock. 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 Town of Norridgewock 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.