County government · Gladwin County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Gladwin County took in $29.0 million and spent $28.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes33%State tax money29%Fees for services (road charges, transit fares)13%Federal tax money12%Local tax money6.8%Fines and other6.0%

What stands out

12%

of Gladwin County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes33%

Property tax
31%$9.1 million
Other taxes
1.9%$552 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$550 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$3.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$2.5 million
  • Road charges$965 thousand
  • Transit fares$153 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%$3.6 million

State tax money29%

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

From the state
29%$8.4 million

Local tax money6.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
6.8%$2.0 million

Fines and other6.0%

Interest, rents and other
5.9%$1.7 million
Fines
<0.1%$26 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking43%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Running the government and other costs23%Health and hospitals5.8%Social services1.1%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

43%

of Gladwin County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
43%$12.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$10.3 million
  • Public transit$2.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$7.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$3.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.0 million
  • Police$1.8 million
  • Inspections and regulation$366 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$6.7 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$5.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$690 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$538 thousand
  • Government buildings$419 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.8%$1.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.7 million
Social services
1.1%$326 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$326 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$277 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$277 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$120 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Gladwin County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Gladwin 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.