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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Whitehall took in $9.7 million and spent $8.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)32%City taxes26%State tax money21%Fines and other13%County and local tax money6.5%Federal tax money0.8%

What stands out

13%

of Whitehall's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 3%.

City taxes26%

Property tax
25%$2.5 million
Other taxes
0.7%$67 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$67 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services
32%$3.2 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 2 more
  • Sewer$1.5 million
  • Water$1.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$285 thousand
  • Other service charges$146 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.8%

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

From the federal government
0.8%$78 thousand

State tax money21%

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

From the state
21%$2.1 million

County and local tax money6.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
6.5%$633 thousand

Fines and other13%

Interest, rents and other
13%$1.2 million
Fines
0.2%$21 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs33%Water, sewer, trash and utilities21%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Sent to other local governments12%Roads, transit and parking9.3%All other spending8.6%

What stands out

12%

of Whitehall'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%

Running the government and other costs
33%$2.8 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$2.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$345 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$134 thousand
  • Government buildings$51 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
21%$1.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$1.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$66 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$1.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$1.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$163 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$30 thousand
Sent to other local governments
12%$964 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$964 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.3%$772 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$772 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.2%$684 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$684 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$35 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Whitehall. 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 Whitehall 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.