Township government · Leelanau County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Empire Township took in $1.9 million and spent $2.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes74%Fines and other12%State tax money7.1%Fees for services (parks and recreation)6.8%

What stands out

12%

of Empire 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 taxes74%

Property tax
74%$1.4 million
Other taxes
0.2%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.8%

Fees for services
6.8%$129 thousand
What's in fees for servicesParks and recreation and other service charges
  • Parks and recreation$127 thousand
  • Other service charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.1%

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

From the state
7.1%$135 thousand

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
12%$232 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails44%Sent to other local governments44%Running the government and other costs8.8%Parks, recreation and libraries3.1%Roads, transit and parking0.3%

What stands out

44%

of Empire 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%

Police, fire, courts and jails
44%$1.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$1.1 million
Sent to other local governments
44%$1.1 million
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$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
8.8%$215 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$82 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$69 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$46 thousand
  • Government buildings$18 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.1%$77 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$77 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.3%$8 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports
  • Airports$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Empire 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 Empire 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.