City government · Brown County, MN

Sleepy Eye's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sleepy Eye took in $40.2 million and spent $35.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, electric power)88%State tax money4.5%City taxes4.2%Fines and other3.3%Federal tax money0.5%

What stands out

88%

of Sleepy Eye'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 taxes4.2%

Property tax
3.9%$1.6 million
Other taxes
0.3%$118 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$76 thousand
  • Other licenses$42 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services88%

Fees for services
88%$35.2 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; electric power and 5 more
  • Hospital bills$27.5 million
  • Electric power$6.0 million
  • Sewer$1.1 million
  • Garbage collection$289 thousand
  • Other service charges$227 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$135 thousand
  • Airport$29 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.5%

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

From the federal government
0.5%$183 thousand

State tax money4.5%

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

From the state
4.5%$1.8 million

Fines and other3.3%

Interest, rents and other
3.3%$1.3 million
Fines
<0.1%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals56%Water, sewer, trash and utilities25%Roads, transit and parking7.9%Running the government and other costs3.5%Parks, recreation and libraries3.1%All other spending4.2%

What stands out

56%

of Sleepy Eye'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%

Health and hospitals
56%$19.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$18.9 million
  • Public health$818 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
25%$8.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Electric power$7.0 million
  • Sewer systems$1.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$528 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.9%$2.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$2.7 million
  • Airports$40 thousand
Running the government and other costs
3.5%$1.2 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$877 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$300 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$45 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$13 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.1%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$870 thousand
  • Libraries$213 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.7%$952 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$840 thousand
  • Fire protection$112 thousand
Interest on debt
1.5%$510 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Sleepy Eye. 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 Sleepy Eye 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.