City government · Goodhue County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Goodhue took in $2.9 million and spent $2.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)55%City taxes24%State tax money14%Fines and other5.1%Federal tax money2.2%

What stands out

55%

of Goodhue'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 taxes24%

Property tax
20%$575 thousand
Other taxes
3.8%$109 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$109 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services55%

Fees for services
55%$1.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 3 more
  • Other service charges$931 thousand
  • Water$253 thousand
  • Sewer$216 thousand
  • Garbage collection$149 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$18 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%$64 thousand

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$410 thousand

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.8%$138 thousand
Fines
0.3%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs32%Water, sewer, trash and utilities24%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Roads, transit and parking14%Interest on debt4.4%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

4.2%

of Goodhue's spending goes to housing and community development.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
32%$869 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$801 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$55 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$13 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
24%$649 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$246 thousand
  • Water supply$239 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$164 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$503 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$409 thousand
  • Fire protection$94 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$392 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$392 thousand
Interest on debt
4.4%$121 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$94 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$27 thousand
Housing and community development
4.2%$116 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.3%$90 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$90 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$13 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Goodhue. 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 Goodhue 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.