Township government · St Louis County, MN

Prairie Lake Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Prairie Lake Township took in $40 thousand and spent $36 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money53%Township taxes40%County and local tax money5.0%Fines and other2.5%

What stands out

53%

of Prairie Lake Township's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Township taxes40%

Property tax

40%$16 thousand

State tax money53%

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

From the state

53%$21 thousand

County and local tax money5.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

5.0%$2 thousand

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other

2.5%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking75%Running the government and other costs14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.3%Police, fire, courts and jails2.8%

What stands out

8.3%

of Prairie Lake Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking

75%$27 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$27 thousand

Running the government and other costs

14%$5 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$3 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2 thousand

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

8.3%$3 thousand

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste

Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

2.8%$1 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection

Fire protection$1 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Prairie Lake Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Prairie Lake Township 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.