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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Utica took in $11.0 million and spent $11.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes45%Fees for services (sewer, water)35%State tax money12%Fines and other7.5%Federal tax money0.6%

What stands out

42%

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

City taxes45%

Property tax
42%$4.7 million
Other taxes
3.0%$328 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$257 thousand
  • Other licenses$71 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services35%

Fees for services
35%$3.9 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 1 more
  • Sewer$1.8 million
  • Water$1.2 million
  • Other service charges$913 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.6%

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

From the federal government
0.6%$70 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$1.3 million

Fines and other7.5%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$663 thousand
Fines
1.5%$169 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails28%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Sent to other local governments18%Running the government and other costs12%Roads, transit and parking11%All other spending10%

What stands out

18%

of Utica'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%

Police, fire, courts and jails
28%$3.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$2.8 million
  • Fire protection$355 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$100 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$2.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$2.3 million
Sent to other local governments
18%$2.1 million
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$2.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$7 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$1.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$772 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$355 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$228 thousand
  • Government buildings$25 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Health and hospitals
5.4%$619 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$619 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.0%$569 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$362 thousand
  • Libraries$207 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Utica. 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 Utica 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.