Town government · Dukes County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Chilmark took in $14.0 million and spent $13.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes81%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)15%State tax money2.8%Fines and other1.2%

What stands out

15%

of Chilmark'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 taxes81%

Property tax
76%$10.7 million
Other taxes
4.3%$609 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$467 thousand
  • Other licenses$142 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 4 more
  • Other service charges$1.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$585 thousand
  • Garbage collection$44 thousand
  • Ports and waterways$39 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$13 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money2.8%

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

From the state
2.8%$399 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.2%$164 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs42%Sent to other local governments29%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Health and hospitals5.9%Parks, recreation and libraries4.8%All other spending4.7%

What stands out

29%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
42%$5.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.1 million
  • Government buildings$1.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$619 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$322 thousand
Sent to other local governments
29%$4.0 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$3.8 million
  • Sent to the state government$150 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$1.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$851 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$656 thousand
  • Fire protection$277 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$63 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.9%$807 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$807 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.8%$664 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$421 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$243 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.1%$429 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$429 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.2%$162 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$162 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$32 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$32 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$26 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Chilmark. 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 Chilmark 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.