Town government · Franklin County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Monroe took in $1.1 million and spent $978 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes55%State tax money41%Fees for services (sewer)4.4%

What stands out

41%

of Monroe's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes55%

Property tax
55%$607 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.4%

Fees for services
4.4%$49 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer and other service charges
  • Sewer$36 thousand
  • Other service charges$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$450 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking28%Sent to other local governments25%Running the government and other costs19%Schools and colleges13%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.6%All other spending7.4%

What stands out

25%

of Monroe'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
28%$270 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$270 thousand
Sent to other local governments
25%$241 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$241 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$185 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$106 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$55 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$21 thousand
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
Schools and colleges
13%$126 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$126 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.6%$84 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$72 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$12 thousand
Interest on debt
4.3%$42 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.7%$26 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$23 thousand
  • Police$2 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$1 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Monroe. 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 Monroe 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.