Town government · Franklin County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Hawley took in $1.2 million and spent $1.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes83%State tax money13%Federal tax money2.7%Fines and other1.6%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.2%

What stands out

80%

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

Town taxes83%

Property tax
80%$964 thousand
Other taxes
2.7%$33 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes
  • Other selective sales taxes$33 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.7%

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

From the federal government
2.7%$32 thousand

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$152 thousand

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.6%$19 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking38%Sent to other local governments37%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails1.9%Water, sewer, trash and utilities1.6%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

37%

of Hawley'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
38%$557 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$557 thousand
Sent to other local governments
37%$548 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$548 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$317 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$227 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$60 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$19 thousand
  • Government buildings$11 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.9%$28 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$22 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$5 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.6%$24 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$24 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$1 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Hawley. 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 Hawley 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.