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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Stetson took in $1.3 million and spent $1.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes60%State tax money38%Fees for services0.9%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

38%

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

Town taxes60%

Property tax
60%$761 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.9%

Fees for services
0.9%$12 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$485 thousand

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$8 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Running the government and other costs35%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.5%Police, fire, courts and jails5.4%Parks, recreation and libraries1.9%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

10%

of Stetson'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
47%$474 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$474 thousand
Running the government and other costs
35%$361 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$246 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$70 thousand
  • Government buildings$30 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$15 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.5%$97 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$97 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.4%$55 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$50 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.9%$19 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$12 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$5 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$5 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$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 Stetson. 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 Stetson 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.