Township government · Lenawee County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Tecumseh Township took in $349 thousand and spent $468 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money64%Township taxes35%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

64%

of Tecumseh Township's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Township taxes35%

Property tax
25%$87 thousand
Other taxes
10%$36 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$23 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money64%

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

From the state
64%$224 thousand

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments40%Roads, transit and parking24%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Running the government and other costs16%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.2%

What stands out

40%

of Tecumseh 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%

Sent to other local governments
40%$185 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$185 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
24%$113 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$113 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$94 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$74 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$16 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$75 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$44 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$29 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$2 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Tecumseh Township. 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 Tecumseh 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.