City government · Watonwan County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), St. James took in $18.4 million and spent $17.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)75%State tax money12%City taxes7.7%Federal tax money3.1%Fines and other1.8%

What stands out

75%

of St. James' 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 taxes7.7%

Property tax
7.3%$1.3 million
Other taxes
0.4%$80 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$48 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$32 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services75%

Fees for services
75%$13.8 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 7 more
  • Electric power$6.5 million
  • Sewer$2.7 million
  • Water$2.1 million
  • Liquor stores$1.2 million
  • Other service charges$586 thousand
  • Housing$555 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$120 thousand
  • Airport$59 thousand
  • Garbage collection$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.1%

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

From the federal government
3.1%$574 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$2.2 million

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 other1.8%

Interest, rents and other
1.6%$294 thousand
Fines
0.2%$44 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities59%Roads, transit and parking14%Police, fire, courts and jails7.9%Running the government and other costs5.3%Interest on debt4.5%All other spending8.8%

What stands out

59%

of St. James' spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
59%$10.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$4.3 million
  • Sewer systems$2.6 million
  • Water supply$2.2 million
  • Liquor stores$1.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
14%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.9 million
  • Airports$555 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.9%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Fire protection$186 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.3%$912 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$692 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$186 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$34 thousand
Interest on debt
4.5%$776 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$576 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$200 thousand
Housing and community development
4.1%$713 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.2%$550 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$511 thousand
  • Libraries$39 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.5%$255 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$255 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of St. James. 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. James 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.