Town government · Dukes County, MA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), West Tisbury took in $22.7 million and spent $20.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes87%State tax money7.8%Fees for services (parks and recreation)2.5%Fines and other1.1%County and local tax money0.8%Federal tax money0.7%

What stands out

84%

of West Tisbury's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes87%

Property tax
84%$19.0 million
Other taxes
3.2%$719 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$561 thousand
  • Other licenses$158 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.5%

Fees for services
2.5%$568 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$461 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$107 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%$163 thousand

State tax money7.8%

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

From the state
7.8%$1.8 million

County and local tax money0.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.8%$187 thousand

Fines and other1.1%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$252 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments56%Running the government and other costs20%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Parks, recreation and libraries5.0%Roads, transit and parking2.8%All other spending4.6%

What stands out

56%

of West Tisbury'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
56%$11.6 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$11.5 million
  • Sent to the state government$138 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$4.2 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$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$578 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$552 thousand
  • Government buildings$373 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$2.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$1.4 million
  • Inspections and regulation$472 thousand
  • Fire protection$407 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$65 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.0%$1.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$851 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$182 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.8%$584 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$584 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.8%$577 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$577 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$156 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.6%$129 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$129 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$64 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$64 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 West 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 West 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.