City government · Yellow Medicine County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Clarkfield took in $5.5 million and spent $20.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Fees for services (hospital bills, housing)75%City taxes11%State tax money8.1%Fines and other4.5%County and local tax money0.9%

City taxes11%

Property tax
11%$599 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$22 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$22 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services75%

Fees for services
75%$4.1 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; housing and 7 more
  • Hospital bills$3.5 million
  • Housing$365 thousand
  • Road charges$120 thousand
  • Garbage collection$71 thousand
  • Other service charges$59 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand
  • Sewer$3 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
  • Water-$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.1%

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

From the state
8.1%$442 thousand

County and local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.9%$49 thousand

Fines and other4.5%

Interest, rents and other
4.5%$246 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Health and hospitals21%Roads, transit and parking19%Running the government and other costs2.4%Police, fire, courts and jails1.5%All other spending3.1%

What stands out

21%

of Clarkfield'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
54%$10.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$7.9 million
  • Water supply$2.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$54 thousand
Health and hospitals
21%$4.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.2 million
Roads, transit and parking
19%$3.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.9 million
Running the government and other costs
2.4%$487 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$314 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$145 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$28 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.5%$306 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$192 thousand
  • Police$114 thousand
Housing and community development
1.3%$274 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$203 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$136 thousand
  • Libraries$67 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$154 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Clarkfield. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of City of Clarkfield 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.