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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Arlington took in $7.2 million and spent $6.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)66%City taxes15%State tax money13%Fines and other4.1%Federal tax money2.2%

What stands out

66%

of Arlington's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes15%

Property tax
13%$969 thousand
Other taxes
1.3%$92 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$78 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services66%

Fees for services
66%$4.8 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 5 more
  • Electric power$2.2 million
  • Sewer$894 thousand
  • Other service charges$839 thousand
  • Water$579 thousand
  • Road charges$220 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$41 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.2%

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

From the federal government
2.2%$158 thousand

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$914 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.9%$281 thousand
Fines
0.2%$11 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities53%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Running the government and other costs9.2%Roads, transit and parking9.1%Health and hospitals8.2%All other spending7.0%

What stands out

8.2%

of Arlington's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
53%$3.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Electric power$2.4 million
  • Sewer systems$623 thousand
  • Water supply$520 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$879 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$456 thousand
  • Police$423 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.2%$608 thousand
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$324 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$233 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$34 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$17 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.1%$600 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$600 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.2%$545 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$545 thousand
Interest on debt
3.9%$257 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$237 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$20 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.1%$207 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$172 thousand
  • Libraries$35 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Arlington. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Arlington 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.