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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Whitefield took in $2.1 million and spent $1.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes59%State tax money39%Fines and other1.3%Fees for services1.0%

What stands out

39%

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

Town taxes59%

Property tax
59%$1.2 million
Other taxes
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.0%

Fees for services
1.0%$22 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$22 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$819 thousand

Fines and other1.3%

Interest, rents and other
1.3%$28 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking59%Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails5.6%Interest on debt1.1%Health and hospitals0.6%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

33%

of Whitefield's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
59%$924 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$924 thousand
Running the government and other costs
33%$524 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)$282 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$190 thousand
  • Government buildings$48 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.6%$88 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$79 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$9 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$17 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Social services
0.3%$4 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$4 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Whitefield. 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 Whitefield 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.