Town government · Lincoln County, ME

South Bristol's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), South Bristol took in $3.0 million and spent $2.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes85%State tax money10%Fines and other4.8%

What stands out

84%

of South Bristol's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes85%

Property tax
84%$2.5 million
Other taxes
1.1%$34 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$27 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money10%

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

From the state
10%$296 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.8%$142 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges75%Roads, transit and parking12%Running the government and other costs5.7%Sent to other local governments3.3%Police, fire, courts and jails2.5%All other spending2.1%

What stands out

75%

of South Bristol's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
75%$2.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
12%$335 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$335 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.7%$162 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other government-run businesses and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$107 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$20 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$18 thousand
  • Government buildings$11 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6 thousand
Sent to other local governments
3.3%$93 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$93 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.5%$71 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$60 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$10 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Social services
1.4%$40 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$40 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$14 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$9 thousand
  • Libraries$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of South Bristol. 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 South Bristol 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.