City government · Pine County, MN

Pine City's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pine City took in $9.6 million and spent $8.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, water)65%City taxes20%State tax money11%Fines and other4.1%

What stands out

65%

of Pine City'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 taxes20%

Property tax
17%$1.7 million
Other taxes
2.3%$225 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$213 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$6.3 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; water and 6 more
  • Liquor stores$2.5 million
  • Water$2.1 million
  • Sewer$1.1 million
  • Other service charges$340 thousand
  • Housing$234 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$18 thousand
  • Road charges$12 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$9 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%$1.1 million

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$381 thousand
Fines
0.2%$15 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities43%Roads, transit and parking15%Running the government and other costs15%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Interest on debt4.3%All other spending7.9%

What stands out

4.2%

of Pine City'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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
43%$3.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; water supply and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$2.1 million
  • Water supply$763 thousand
  • Sewer systems$658 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Running the government and other costs
15%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$714 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$506 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$23 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$8 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$1.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$769 thousand
  • Police$429 thousand
Interest on debt
4.3%$353 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$220 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$133 thousand
Housing and community development
4.2%$347 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.7%$302 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$302 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Pine City. 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 Pine City 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.