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Pleasant Ridge's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Pleasant Ridge took in $7.7 million and spent $7.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes51%Fees for services (water, sewer)32%Fines and other16%State tax money<0.1%

What stands out

49%

of Pleasant Ridge's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes51%

Property tax
49%$3.8 million
Other taxes
1.9%$149 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$149 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services
32%$2.5 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 3 more
  • Water$1.1 million
  • Sewer$617 thousand
  • Other service charges$518 thousand
  • Garbage collection$161 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$67 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money<0.1%

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

From the state
<0.1%$4 thousand

Fines and other16%

Interest, rents and other
14%$1.1 million
Fines
2.0%$157 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities29%Running the government and other costs23%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Parks, recreation and libraries10%Roads, transit and parking7.2%All other spending8.3%

What stands out

6.7%

of Pleasant Ridge's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
29%$2.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$1.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$424 thousand
  • Water supply$289 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$1.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$323 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$149 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.3 million
  • Fire protection$257 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$74 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$21 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$783 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$724 thousand
  • Libraries$59 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.2%$545 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$545 thousand
Sent to other local governments
6.7%$509 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$509 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$121 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Pleasant Ridge. 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 Pleasant Ridge 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.