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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Halstad took in $2.2 million and spent $2.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, housing)73%State tax money11%City taxes9.8%Fines and other6.0%

What stands out

73%

of Halstad'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 taxes9.8%

Property tax
9.7%$217 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services73%

Fees for services
73%$1.6 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; housing and 2 more
  • Electric power$1.5 million
  • Housing$98 thousand
  • Other service charges$25 thousand
  • Road charges$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$250 thousand

Fines and other6.0%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$135 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities69%Police, fire, courts and jails7.9%Roads, transit and parking6.8%Housing and community development6.4%Running the government and other costs3.3%All other spending6.3%

What stands out

69%

of Halstad'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
69%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power
  • Electric power$1.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.9%$165 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$119 thousand
  • Police$46 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.8%$143 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$143 thousand
Housing and community development
6.4%$135 thousand
Running the government and other costs
3.3%$70 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Other and not broken out$48 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$22 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.2%$67 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$67 thousand
Interest on debt
2.2%$46 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.9%$19 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$19 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Halstad. 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 Halstad 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.