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St. Charles's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), St. Charles took in $8.5 million and spent $14.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)67%City taxes17%State tax money14%Fines and other2.2%County and local tax money0.5%

What stands out

67%

of St. Charles' 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 taxes17%

Property tax
16%$1.3 million
Other taxes
1.5%$129 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$74 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$55 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$5.7 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 6 more
  • Electric power$3.2 million
  • Sewer$841 thousand
  • Water$738 thousand
  • Garbage collection$292 thousand
  • Hospital bills$206 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$173 thousand
  • Road charges$142 thousand
  • Other service charges$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$1.2 million

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.5%$40 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$175 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$8 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities43%Roads, transit and parking29%Running the government and other costs11%Parks, recreation and libraries7.7%Police, fire, courts and jails6.2%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

29%

of St. Charles' spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
43%$6.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$3.2 million
  • Water supply$1.8 million
  • Sewer systems$1.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$275 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
29%$4.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.3 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$1.7 million
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$1.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$184 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$27 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.7%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$938 thousand
  • Libraries$205 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.2%$918 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$762 thousand
  • Fire protection$156 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.1%$157 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$157 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$148 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$145 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$3 thousand
Housing and community development
0.2%$35 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$31 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$31 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of St. Charles. 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 St. Charles 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.