Village government · St Joseph County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Colon took in $1.5 million and spent $1.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)34%Village taxes32%State tax money24%Fines and other8.7%County and local tax money1.5%

What stands out

24%

of Colon's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

Village taxes32%

Property tax
31%$455 thousand
Other taxes
1.4%$21 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$21 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$503 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 1 more
  • Other service charges$267 thousand
  • Water$157 thousand
  • Sewer$79 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money24%

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

From the state
24%$352 thousand

County and local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.5%$22 thousand

Fines and other8.7%

Interest, rents and other
8.7%$129 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails30%Water, sewer, trash and utilities19%Roads, transit and parking12%Sent to other local governments4.5%All other spending2.4%

What stands out

30%

of Colon's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
33%$567 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$432 thousand
  • Government buildings$89 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$45 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
30%$517 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$419 thousand
  • Fire protection$98 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
19%$328 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$328 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$207 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$207 thousand
Sent to other local governments
4.5%$79 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$79 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$17 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$17 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.7%$12 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Colon. 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 Village of Colon 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.