County government · Benzie County, MI

Benzie County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Benzie County took in $37.6 million and spent $35.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)38%County taxes33%State tax money22%Federal tax money2.7%Fines and other2.2%Local tax money1.6%

What stands out

38%

of Benzie County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes33%

Property tax
32%$12.0 million
Other taxes
1.4%$528 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$521 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services38%

Fees for services
38%$14.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$12.8 million
  • Road charges$1.3 million
  • Garbage collection$332 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.7%

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

From the federal government
2.7%$1.0 million

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$8.2 million

Local tax money1.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.6%$592 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$808 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals36%Roads, transit and parking26%Running the government and other costs19%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.9%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

36%

of Benzie County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
36%$12.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
26%$9.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$7.5 million
  • Public transit$1.8 million
  • Airports$56 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$6.6 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$5.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$507 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$483 thousand
  • Government buildings$215 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$5.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.7 million
  • Police$1.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$376 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.9%$307 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$307 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$213 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$213 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$196 thousand
Social services
0.4%$137 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$137 thousand
Housing and community development
0.1%$38 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Benzie County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Benzie County 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.