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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Rockford took in $10.6 million and spent $10.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)38%City taxes37%State tax money13%Federal tax money4.9%Fines and other4.7%County and local tax money2.5%

What stands out

36%

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

City taxes37%

Property tax

36%$3.8 million

Other taxes

0.9%$94 thousand

What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses

Occupation and business licenses$93 thousand
Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services38%

Fees for services

38%$4.0 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 3 more

Sewer$2.1 million
Water$1.4 million
Housing$259 thousand
Other service charges$101 thousand
Parks and recreation$53 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.9%

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

From the federal government

4.9%$518 thousand

State tax money13%

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

From the state

13%$1.4 million

County and local tax money2.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

2.5%$266 thousand

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other

4.6%$489 thousand

Fines

<0.1%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs40%Water, sewer, trash and utilities29%Roads, transit and parking12%Housing and community development6.9%Sent to other local governments5.9%All other spending5.8%

What stands out

6.9%

of Rockford's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs

40%$4.4 million

What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more

Other and not broken out$3.7 million
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$570 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$87 thousand
Government buildings$36 thousand

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

29%$3.2 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply

Sewer systems$3.1 million
Water supply$99 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

12%$1.3 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$1.3 million

Housing and community development

6.9%$756 thousand

Sent to other local governments

5.9%$639 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$615 thousand
Sent to the state government$24 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

5.0%$545 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries

Parks and recreation$493 thousand
Libraries$52 thousand

Interest on debt

0.8%$86 thousand

What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt

Interest on general debt$65 thousand
Interest on water supply debt$21 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Rockford. 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 Rockford 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.