County government · Eaton County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Eaton County took in $118 million and spent $121 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes31%State tax money24%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)22%Federal tax money12%Fines and other6.1%Local tax money4.5%

What stands out

12%

of Eaton County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 3.6%.

County taxes31%

Property tax
30%$35.0 million
Other taxes
1.0%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$1.2 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$25.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$25.2 million
  • Garbage collection$315 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$127 thousand
  • Road charges$79 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

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

From the federal government
12%$14.7 million

State tax money24%

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

From the state
24%$28.9 million

Local tax money4.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
4.5%$5.3 million

Fines and other6.1%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$7.0 million
Fines
0.1%$174 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking27%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Social services18%Health and hospitals12%All other spending2.2%

What stands out

18%

of Eaton County's spending goes to social services.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.5%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
27%$32.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$32.7 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$26.0 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$15.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$7.7 million
  • Government buildings$1.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$888 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$23.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$10.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$8.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$4.4 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$2 thousand
Social services
18%$21.8 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions
  • Welfare institutions$21.8 million
Health and hospitals
12%$14.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$14.4 million
Interest on debt
1.3%$1.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$753 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$753 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$319 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$195 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$124 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Eaton 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 Eaton 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.