Town government · Aroostook County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Smyrna took in $434 thousand and spent $326 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money50%Town taxes40%Fines and other11%

What stands out

50%

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

Town taxes40%

Property tax
40%$173 thousand

State tax money50%

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

From the state
50%$215 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$46 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking44%Running the government and other costs35%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.5%Police, fire, courts and jails7.1%Health and hospitals2.5%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

10%

of Smyrna'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
44%$142 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$142 thousand
Running the government and other costs
35%$114 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$98 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$8 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$8 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.5%$31 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$31 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.1%$23 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$23 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.5%$8 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$8 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.5%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$2 thousand
Social services
0.3%$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 Smyrna. 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 Smyrna 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.