Town government · Hampden County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Montgomery took in $2.1 million and spent $2.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes84%State tax money15%Fees for services0.3%Fines and other0.3%

What stands out

84%

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

Town taxes84%

Property tax
84%$1.8 million
Other taxes
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$326 thousand

Fines and other0.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$6 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges56%Running the government and other costs20%Roads, transit and parking14%Sent to other local governments4.9%Police, fire, courts and jails2.6%All other spending2.8%

What stands out

56%

of Montgomery'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
56%$1.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
20%$392 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$250 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$72 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$53 thousand
  • Government buildings$17 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$278 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$278 thousand
Sent to other local governments
4.9%$97 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$97 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.6%$51 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$35 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$8 thousand
  • Police$5 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.5%$30 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$23 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.0%$20 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$20 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 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 Montgomery. 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 Montgomery 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.