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Presque Isle's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Presque Isle took in $26.2 million and spent $17.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes65%State tax money13%Fees for services (airport, garbage collection)12%Fines and other10%

What stands out

65%

of Presque Isle's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes65%

Property tax
65%$17.0 million

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$3.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; airport and 2 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Airport$972 thousand
  • Garbage collection$487 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$164 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$3.5 million

Fines and other10%

Interest, rents and other
10%$2.6 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking34%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Housing and community development3.5%All other spending4.6%

What stands out

34%

of Presque Isle's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
34%$5.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways
  • Airports$3.5 million
  • Roads and highways$2.4 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$4.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$536 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$266 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$3.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$1.6 million
  • Police$1.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$48 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$40 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$1.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.5 million
  • Libraries$416 thousand
Housing and community development
3.5%$598 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.9%$497 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$497 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$268 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$26 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$26 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Presque Isle. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of City of Presque Isle 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.