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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Fairfax took in $6.3 million and spent $5.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (gas, electric power)74%State tax money9.7%City taxes8.2%Fines and other4.8%Federal tax money3.2%

What stands out

74%

of Fairfax'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 taxes8.2%

Property tax
7.9%$492 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$19 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$11 thousand
  • Other licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services74%

Fees for services
74%$4.6 million
What's in fees for servicesGas; electric power and 7 more
  • Gas$1.9 million
  • Electric power$1.2 million
  • Sewer$431 thousand
  • Water$401 thousand
  • Housing$289 thousand
  • Other service charges$149 thousand
  • Road charges$116 thousand
  • Garbage collection$104 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$27 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.2%

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

From the federal government
3.2%$203 thousand

State tax money9.7%

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

From the state
9.7%$606 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.8%$299 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities53%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs8.3%Roads, transit and parking8.2%Parks, recreation and libraries4.6%All other spending10%

What stands out

53%

of Fairfax's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
53%$2.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; electric power and 3 more
  • Gas supply$1.4 million
  • Electric power$770 thousand
  • Water supply$313 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$116 thousand
  • Sewer systems$16 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$780 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$444 thousand
  • Fire protection$336 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.3%$412 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$204 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$199 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$9 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.2%$408 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$408 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.6%$230 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$182 thousand
  • Libraries$48 thousand
Housing and community development
4.0%$197 thousand
Interest on debt
3.4%$168 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.7%$132 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$132 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Fairfax. 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 Fairfax 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.