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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Peru took in $5.1 million and spent $1.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes55%State tax money45%Fees for services0.3%Fines and other<0.1%

What stands out

45%

of Peru'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%$2.8 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$13 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$2.3 million

Fines and other<0.1%

Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$3 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Roads, transit and parking52%Running the government and other costs14%Sent to other local governments13%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.3%Police, fire, courts and jails6.4%All other spending5.5%

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
52%$617 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$617 thousand
Running the government and other costs
14%$162 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)$77 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$37 thousand
  • Government buildings$21 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$15 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$12 thousand
Sent to other local governments
13%$149 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$149 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.3%$110 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$110 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.4%$75 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$73 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.8%$57 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$57 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$3 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$2 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Peru. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Peru 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.