County government · Dukes County, MA

Dukes County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Dukes County took in $21.4 million and spent $20.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (airport, parks and recreation)93%County taxes4.4%Fines and other2.2%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

93%

of Dukes County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes4.4%

Property tax
3.5%$749 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$188 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$188 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services93%

Fees for services
93%$19.9 million
What's in fees for servicesAirport; other service charges and 2 more
  • Airport$19.4 million
  • Other service charges$453 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$107 thousand
  • Parking$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$67 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$471 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking89%Running the government and other costs11%Parks, recreation and libraries0.1%Interest on debt<0.1%

What stands out

89%

of Dukes County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
89%$18.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports
  • Airports$18.0 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$2.1 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$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$343 thousand
  • Government buildings$339 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$336 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$21 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$21 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$17 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Dukes County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Dukes County 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.