Township government · Charlevoix County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Marion Township took in $737 thousand and spent $3.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Fines and other71%State tax money27%Fees for services2.4%Township taxes0.1%

Township taxes0.1%

Other taxes
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.4%

Fees for services
2.4%$18 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$18 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$198 thousand

Fines and other71%

Interest, rents and other
71%$520 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking71%Sent to other local governments23%Running the government and other costs5.1%Police, fire, courts and jails1.0%

What stands out

23%

of Marion 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%

Roads, transit and parking
71%$2.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.2 million
Sent to other local governments
23%$714 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$714 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.1%$160 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$61 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$54 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$40 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.0%$31 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$31 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Marion Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Marion 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.