City government · Anoka County, MN

Oak Grove's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Oak Grove took in $4.5 million and spent $4.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes68%Fees for services (sewer, water)13%State tax money12%Fines and other7.8%

What stands out

57%

of Oak Grove's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes68%

Property tax
57%$2.6 million
Other taxes
11%$490 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$481 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$571 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 2 more
  • Sewer$280 thousand
  • Water$198 thousand
  • Other service charges$73 thousand
  • Garbage collection$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$532 thousand

Fines and other7.8%

Interest, rents and other
7.4%$331 thousand
Fines
0.5%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking32%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Running the government and other costs18%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Sent to other local governments13%All other spending1.9%

What stands out

13%

of Oak Grove's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
32%$1.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$936 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$588 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$348 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$873 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$620 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$182 thousand
  • Government buildings$52 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$19 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$757 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$499 thousand
  • Water supply$232 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$26 thousand
Sent to other local governments
13%$623 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$623 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$83 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$83 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Oak Grove. 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 Oak Grove 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.