Town government · Middlesex County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Carlisle took in $34.8 million and spent $35.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes86%State tax money8.8%Federal tax money3.0%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)1.6%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

86%

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

Town taxes86%

Property tax
86%$29.8 million
Other taxes
0.4%$155 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$155 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.6%

Fees for services
1.6%$562 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; school tuition and transportation and 5 more
  • Other service charges$303 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$164 thousand
  • Other school charges$39 thousand
  • School lunches$28 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$15 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$4 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%$1.1 million

State tax money8.8%

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

From the state
8.8%$3.1 million

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$145 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges44%Sent to other local governments21%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails8.4%Roads, transit and parking2.9%All other spending5.9%

What stands out

44%

of Carlisle's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
44%$15.6 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$15.6 million
Sent to other local governments
21%$7.3 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$7.3 million
  • Sent to the state government$51 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$6.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$4.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$700 thousand
  • Government buildings$492 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$336 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.4%$3.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.8 million
  • Fire protection$536 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$470 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$98 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.9%$1.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.4%$857 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$670 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$187 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$452 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.9%$306 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$306 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.8%$267 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$267 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$162 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$162 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$19 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$19 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Carlisle. 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 Carlisle 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.