Township government · Huron County, MI

Colfax Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Colfax Township took in $1.2 million and spent $1.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended March 31, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes71%State tax money16%Fines and other7.1%Fees for services5.4%

What stands out

7.1%

of Colfax Township's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Township taxes71%

Property tax
71%$848 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.4%

Fees for services
5.4%$64 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$64 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$194 thousand

Fines and other7.1%

Interest, rents and other
7.1%$84 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking35%Sent to other local governments32%Running the government and other costs19%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Health and hospitals0.8%

What stands out

32%

of Colfax Township'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
35%$418 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$418 thousand
Sent to other local governments
32%$373 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$373 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$230 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$137 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$48 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$42 thousand
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$152 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$145 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.8%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Colfax Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Colfax Township 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.