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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Lansing took in $878 million and spent $889 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)58%City taxes15%State tax money12%Fines and other8.2%Federal tax money6.4%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

58%

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

City taxes15%

Property tax
9.7%$85.4 million
Individual income tax
4.8%$42.2 million
Other taxes
0.2%$1.9 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1.8 million
  • Other licenses$48 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services58%

Fees for services
58%$510 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 6 more
  • Electric power$362 million
  • Water$55.8 million
  • Sewer$39.8 million
  • Other service charges$37.7 million
  • Garbage collection$9.0 million
  • Parking$5.7 million
  • Other government-run businesses$386 thousand
  • Housing$294 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money6.4%

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

From the federal government
6.4%$56.5 million

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$107 million

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.3%$2.5 million

Fines and other8.2%

Interest, rents and other
8.0%$70.5 million
Fines
0.2%$1.8 million

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Roads, transit and parking5.9%Interest on debt5.3%All other spending6.4%

What stands out

54%

of Lansing's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 20%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
54%$480 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$393 million
  • Water supply$55.7 million
  • Sewer systems$26.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$4.2 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$148 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$103 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$40.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.8 million
  • Other government-run businesses$265 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$105 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$53.6 million
  • Fire protection$42.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$8.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
5.9%$52.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$46.6 million
  • Parking$5.6 million
Interest on debt
5.3%$47.4 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on electric power debt; interest on general debt and 1 more
  • Interest on electric power debt$29.0 million
  • Interest on general debt$17.0 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$1.4 million
Housing and community development
3.5%$31.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.6%$22.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$22.9 million
Health and hospitals
0.2%$2.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.2 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Lansing. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Lansing 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.