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Buffalo Lake's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Buffalo Lake took in $2.6 million and spent $2.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, water)41%City taxes29%Fines and other18%State tax money12%

What stands out

18%

of Buffalo Lake'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 taxes29%

Property tax
28%$727 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$14 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services41%

Fees for services
41%$1.0 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; water and 4 more
  • Liquor stores$478 thousand
  • Water$441 thousand
  • Road charges$39 thousand
  • Other service charges$34 thousand
  • Hospital bills$32 thousand
  • Sewer$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$312 thousand

Fines and other18%

Interest, rents and other
18%$450 thousand
Fines
0.2%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities36%Running the government and other costs20%Interest on debt12%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Parks, recreation and libraries8.8%All other spending11%

What stands out

12%

of Buffalo Lake's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
36%$917 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; water supply and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$469 thousand
  • Water supply$287 thousand
  • Sewer systems$161 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$518 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$338 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$172 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8 thousand
Interest on debt
12%$309 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$278 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$31 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$280 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$208 thousand
  • Fire protection$72 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.8%$223 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$223 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.0%$153 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$153 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.4%$138 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$138 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Buffalo Lake. 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 Buffalo Lake 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.