Town government · Worcester County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Boylston took in $26.5 million and spent $23.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes71%Fees for services (electric power)21%State tax money5.0%Federal tax money1.7%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

21%

of Boylston'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
62%$16.5 million
Other taxes
8.4%$2.2 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$2.2 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$5.5 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power and other service charges
  • Electric power$5.2 million
  • Other service charges$358 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.7%

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

From the federal government
1.7%$458 thousand

State tax money5.0%

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

From the state
5.0%$1.3 million

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.6%$437 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments47%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Running the government and other costs13%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Roads, transit and parking5.1%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

47%

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

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
47%$11.0 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$10.9 million
  • Sent to the state government$4 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$5.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power
  • Electric power$5.1 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$2.9 million
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$2.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$424 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$387 thousand
  • Government buildings$118 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Fire protection$557 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$173 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$133 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.1%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$286 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$256 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$30 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$146 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on electric power debt
  • Interest on general debt$126 thousand
  • Interest on electric power debt$20 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$82 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$82 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$50 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$50 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$13 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Boylston. 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 Boylston 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.