Town government · Dukes County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Tisbury took in $40.2 million and spent $39.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes78%Fees for services (water, sewer)9.6%State tax money7.4%Fines and other3.7%Federal tax money0.9%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

10%

of Tisbury's 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
72%$29.1 million
Other taxes
5.9%$2.4 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.9 million
  • Other licenses$468 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.6%

Fees for services
9.6%$3.9 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$2.3 million
  • Sewer$1.0 million
  • Other service charges$501 thousand
  • School lunches$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.9%

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

From the federal government
0.9%$347 thousand

State tax money7.4%

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

From the state
7.4%$3.0 million

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$78 thousand

Fines and other3.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.4%$1.4 million
Fines
0.3%$107 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges35%Running the government and other costs21%Sent to other local governments15%Police, fire, courts and jails9.7%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.1%All other spending12%

What stands out

35%

of Tisbury'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
35%$13.8 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$13.8 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$8.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$6.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$587 thousand
Sent to other local governments
15%$5.9 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$5.7 million
  • Sent to the state government$266 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.7%$3.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$2.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$906 thousand
  • Fire protection$687 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$76 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.1%$2.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$1.7 million
  • Sewer systems$946 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$114 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.7%$2.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$2.6 million
  • Parking$1 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.8%$1.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.6%$634 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$629 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$154 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$128 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$26 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$55 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$55 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$18 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$18 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Tisbury. 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 Tisbury 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.