Town government · Worcester County, MA

New Braintree's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), New Braintree took in $2.8 million and spent $2.7 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 services0.1%Fines and other0.1%

What stands out

84%

of New Braintree'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%$2.4 million
Other taxes
0.2%$6 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.1%

Fees for services
0.1%$4 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$4 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%$433 thousand

Fines and other0.1%

Interest, rents and other
0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments54%Running the government and other costs19%Roads, transit and parking13%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Parks, recreation and libraries0.8%Health and hospitals0.6%

What stands out

54%

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

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
54%$1.5 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$1.5 million
  • Sent to the state government$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$515 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$383 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$95 thousand
  • Government buildings$35 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
13%$355 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$355 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$329 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$172 thousand
  • Fire protection$97 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$45 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$15 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.8%$22 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$22 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$16 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$16 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of New Braintree. 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 New Braintree 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.