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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Solon took in $3.5 million and spent $1.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes56%State tax money39%Fines and other2.1%Federal tax money1.6%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)0.5%

What stands out

39%

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

Town taxes56%

Property tax
56%$2.0 million
Other taxes
0.2%$8 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Public utility taxes$4 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$19 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Road charges$9 thousand
  • Garbage collection$9 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.6%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
1.6%$57 thousand

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$1.4 million

Fines and other2.1%

Fines
1.3%$47 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.7%$25 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking59%Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails7.8%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.3%Parks, recreation and libraries2.0%All other spending0.9%

What stands out

6.3%

of Solon'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
59%$806 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$806 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$334 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)$225 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$52 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$27 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$25 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.8%$107 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$98 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$5 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.3%$86 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$86 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$28 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$20 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$8 thousand
Social services
0.7%$9 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Solon. 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 Solon 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.