Town government · Middlesex County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Sudbury took in $119 million and spent $130 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes85%State tax money9.5%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)2.7%Federal tax money2.4%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

84%

of Sudbury's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 53%.

Town taxes85%

Property tax
84%$100 million
Other taxes
1.6%$1.9 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$1.1 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$774 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.7%

Fees for services
2.7%$3.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 5 more
  • Other service charges$2.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$480 thousand
  • Garbage collection$291 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$140 thousand
  • Other school charges$108 thousand
  • School lunches$99 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.4%

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

From the federal government
2.4%$2.8 million

State tax money9.5%

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

From the state
9.5%$11.3 million

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$279 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$11 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges45%Sent to other local governments22%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails7.5%Roads, transit and parking5.1%All other spending3.0%

What stands out

45%

of Sudbury's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
45%$59.0 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$59.0 million
Sent to other local governments
22%$28.3 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$28.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$140 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$22.5 million
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$20.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$952 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$810 thousand
  • Government buildings$250 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.5%$9.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$4.8 million
  • Police$4.4 million
  • Inspections and regulation$272 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$236 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.1%$6.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.6%$2.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$1.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$831 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$783 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$558 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$558 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$254 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$254 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$139 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$139 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$55 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$55 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sudbury. 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 Sudbury 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.