Town government · Berkshire County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Washington took in $2.4 million and spent $2.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes63%State tax money34%Fees for services (electric power, garbage collection)1.4%Fines and other1.1%

What stands out

34%

of Washington's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes63%

Property tax
62%$1.5 million
Other taxes
0.7%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$13 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.4%

Fees for services
1.4%$35 thousand
What's in fees for servicesElectric power and garbage collection
  • Electric power$30 thousand
  • Garbage collection$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$830 thousand

Fines and other1.1%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$26 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking39%Sent to other local governments36%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails2.6%Interest on debt1.8%All other spending3.1%

What stands out

36%

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

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
39%$925 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$925 thousand
Sent to other local governments
36%$845 thousand
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$844 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$1 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$421 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$241 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$108 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$42 thousand
  • Government buildings$30 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.6%$62 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$26 thousand
  • Police$24 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$7 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$5 thousand
Interest on debt
1.8%$42 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.5%$36 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$36 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$23 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
  • Libraries$11 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$7 thousand
Social services
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Washington. 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 Washington 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.