City government · Fillmore County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Mabel took in $2.8 million and spent $2.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)61%City taxes15%State tax money12%Fines and other10%Federal tax money1.6%

What stands out

61%

of Mabel'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 taxes15%

Property tax
15%$425 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services61%

Fees for services
61%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 3 more
  • Electric power$824 thousand
  • Sewer$418 thousand
  • Water$227 thousand
  • Other service charges$165 thousand
  • Garbage collection$61 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.6%

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

From the federal government
1.6%$46 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$345 thousand

Fines and other10%

Interest, rents and other
9.8%$273 thousand
Fines
0.2%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities42%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Roads, transit and parking16%Running the government and other costs13%Health and hospitals4.7%All other spending8.1%

What stands out

4.7%

of Mabel'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
42%$934 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$566 thousand
  • Water supply$174 thousand
  • Sewer systems$133 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$61 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$371 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$309 thousand
  • Police$62 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
16%$350 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$350 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$299 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$176 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$105 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$18 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.7%$106 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$106 thousand
Interest on debt
4.2%$95 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$70 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$25 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.9%$87 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$49 thousand
  • Libraries$38 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Mabel. 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 Mabel 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.