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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Escanaba took in $35.6 million and spent $39.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)68%City taxes16%State tax money14%Federal tax money2.8%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

68%

of Escanaba's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 30%.

City taxes16%

Property tax
16%$5.8 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$2 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services68%

Fees for services
68%$24.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; electric power and 5 more
  • Other service charges$12.5 million
  • Electric power$8.8 million
  • Water$1.6 million
  • Sewer$1.0 million
  • Garbage collection$148 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$89 thousand
  • Parking$33 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.8%

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

From the federal government
2.8%$996 thousand

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$5.0 million

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$62 thousand

Fines and other-1.3%

Fines
0.4%$147 thousand
Interest, rents and other
-1.7%-$616 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs54%Water, sewer, trash and utilities27%Parks, recreation and libraries7.5%Roads, transit and parking6.2%Housing and community development2.1%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

54%

of Escanaba's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 18%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
54%$21.6 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$16.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$4.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$673 thousand
  • Government buildings$157 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
27%$10.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; electric power and 2 more
  • Sewer systems$7.3 million
  • Electric power$1.4 million
  • Water supply$1.3 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$817 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.5%$3.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$2.3 million
  • Libraries$669 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.2%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.5 million
Housing and community development
2.1%$834 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$517 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt and interest on general debt
  • Interest on water supply debt$474 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$43 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.6%$243 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$243 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
0.6%$226 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation and courts and legal services
  • Inspections and regulation$125 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$101 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of City of Escanaba 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.