Town government · Berkshire County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Alford took in $2.4 million and spent $2.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes71%Fees for services (garbage collection)18%State tax money7.3%Federal tax money3.0%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

18%

of Alford's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes71%

Property tax
69%$1.7 million
Other taxes
2.4%$59 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$59 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$444 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$429 thousand
  • Garbage collection$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.0%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
3.0%$73 thousand

State tax money7.3%

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

From the state
7.3%$179 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$4 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking36%Running the government and other costs34%Sent to other local governments23%Police, fire, courts and jails3.9%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.6%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

23%

of Alford's 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
36%$704 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$704 thousand
Running the government and other costs
34%$678 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$430 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$91 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$84 thousand
  • Government buildings$73 thousand
Sent to other local governments
23%$450 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$450 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$77 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$29 thousand
  • Police$24 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$18 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$6 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.6%$52 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$52 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Social services
0.3%$6 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$6 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$3 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$3 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Alford. 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 Alford 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.