Town government · Waldo County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Winterport took in $3.1 million and spent $2.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes54%State tax money44%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)1.7%County and local tax money0.7%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

44%

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

Town taxes54%

Property tax
53%$1.6 million
Other taxes
1.0%$30 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$25 thousand
  • Other licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.7%

Fees for services
1.7%$51 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$29 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$13 thousand
  • Other service charges$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money44%

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

From the state
44%$1.3 million

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.7%$20 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Running the government and other costs20%Health and hospitals12%Water, sewer, trash and utilities12%Police, fire, courts and jails6.3%All other spending3.6%

What stands out

12%

of Winterport's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
47%$1.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
Running the government and other costs
20%$422 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$285 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$56 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$48 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$23 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
Health and hospitals
12%$257 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$257 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
12%$254 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$254 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.3%$136 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$129 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$7 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.7%$58 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$39 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$19 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$14 thousand
Social services
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Winterport. 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 Winterport 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.