Town government · Androscoggin County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Wales took in $2.3 million and spent $834 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes99%Fines and other0.6%Fees for services0.4%

What stands out

99%

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

Town taxes99%

Property tax
99%$2.3 million

Fees for services0.4%

Fees for services
0.4%$9 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$13 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking53%Running the government and other costs20%Sent to other local governments12%Police, fire, courts and jails10%Health and hospitals2.5%All other spending2.8%

What stands out

12%

of Wales' spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
53%$446 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$446 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$165 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$71 thousand
  • Government buildings$57 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$27 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$10 thousand
Sent to other local governments
12%$96 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$96 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$83 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$65 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$13 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.5%$21 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21 thousand
Interest on debt
1.9%$16 thousand
Social services
0.8%$7 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Wales. 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 Wales 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.