City government · Martin County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sherburn took in $6.8 million and spent $6.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (housing, liquor stores)77%City taxes9.3%State tax money7.1%Federal tax money4.8%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

77%

of Sherburn'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 taxes9.3%

Property tax

9.1%$621 thousand

Other taxes

0.3%$19 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses

Public utility taxes$10 thousand
Other licenses$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services77%

Fees for services

77%$5.3 million

What's in fees for servicesHousing; liquor stores and 4 more

Housing$3.5 million
Liquor stores$987 thousand
Sewer$392 thousand
Other service charges$188 thousand
Water$132 thousand
Road charges$32 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.8%

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

From the federal government

4.8%$332 thousand

State tax money7.1%

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

From the state

7.1%$485 thousand

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

<0.1%$2 thousand

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other

1.6%$108 thousand

Fines

<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Housing and community development46%Water, sewer, trash and utilities33%Roads, transit and parking5.8%Police, fire, courts and jails5.0%Interest on debt4.0%All other spending6.5%

What stands out

46%

of Sherburn'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%

Housing and community development

46%$3.1 million

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

33%$2.3 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 1 more

Liquor stores$982 thousand
Sewer systems$649 thousand
Water supply$647 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

5.8%$399 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$399 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

5.0%$347 thousand

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

Police$251 thousand
Fire protection$96 thousand

Interest on debt

4.0%$275 thousand

What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt

Interest on general debt$236 thousand
Interest on water supply debt$39 thousand

Running the government and other costs

3.3%$227 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$124 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$93 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$10 thousand

Health and hospitals

2.5%$171 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$171 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

0.7%$48 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation

Libraries$31 thousand
Parks and recreation$17 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Sherburn. 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 Sherburn 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.