Town government · Dukes County, MA

Oak Bluffs's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Oak Bluffs took in $42.1 million and spent $53.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes78%Fees for services (sewer, housing)9.5%State tax money8.0%Fines and other3.2%Federal tax money0.7%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

9.5%

of Oak Bluffs' money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes78%

Property tax
70%$29.6 million
Other taxes
7.8%$3.3 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.8 million
  • Other licenses$513 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.5%

Fees for services
9.5%$4.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 6 more
  • Other service charges$1.5 million
  • Sewer$1.2 million
  • Housing$853 thousand
  • Garbage collection$213 thousand
  • Parking$70 thousand
  • Ports and waterways$52 thousand
  • School lunches$23 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.7%

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

From the federal government
0.7%$281 thousand

State tax money8.0%

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

From the state
8.0%$3.4 million

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$241 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$1.3 million

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs42%Schools and colleges28%Sent to other local governments10%Police, fire, courts and jails7.3%Roads, transit and parking3.2%All other spending9.8%

What stands out

28%

of Oak Bluffs' spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
42%$22.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$13.3 million
  • Government buildings$7.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$734 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$567 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
Schools and colleges
28%$14.7 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$14.7 million
Sent to other local governments
10%$5.6 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$5.4 million
  • Sent to the state government$157 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.3%$3.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$2.7 million
  • Inspections and regulation$760 thousand
  • Fire protection$479 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.2%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
Health and hospitals
2.4%$1.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.3 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.1%$1.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$1.1 million
Interest on debt
2.0%$1.0 million
Housing and community development
1.6%$853 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$774 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$567 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$207 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$82 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$82 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$48 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$48 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Oak Bluffs. 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 Oak Bluffs 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.