Township government · Ionia County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Orleans Township took in $609 thousand and spent $690 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money48%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)23%Township taxes19%Fines and other8.9%

What stands out

23%

of Orleans Township's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Township taxes19%

Property tax
16%$98 thousand
Other taxes
3.3%$20 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$142 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Sewer$91 thousand
  • Garbage collection$19 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$13 thousand
  • Road charges$12 thousand
  • Other service charges$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money48%

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

From the state
48%$295 thousand

Fines and other8.9%

Interest, rents and other
8.7%$53 thousand
Fines
0.2%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Water, sewer, trash and utilities18%Sent to other local governments17%Roads, transit and parking12%All other spending7.0%

What stands out

18%

of Orleans Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
27%$188 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)$68 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$56 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$45 thousand
  • Government buildings$19 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$132 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$89 thousand
  • Police$32 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$10 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
18%$123 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$123 thousand
Sent to other local governments
17%$116 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$116 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$83 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$83 thousand
Interest on debt
4.8%$33 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.2%$15 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$15 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Orleans 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 Orleans 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.