City government · Marshall County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Stephen took in $2.4 million and spent $2.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)69%State tax money16%Fines and other7.2%City taxes7.1%County and local tax money1.0%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

69%

of Stephen'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 taxes7.1%

Property tax
7.0%$169 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services69%

Fees for services
69%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; electric power and 8 more
  • Other service charges$542 thousand
  • Electric power$408 thousand
  • Sewer$228 thousand
  • Housing$199 thousand
  • Garbage collection$115 thousand
  • Water$91 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$59 thousand
  • Airport$11 thousand
  • Road charges$8 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$7 thousand

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$379 thousand

County and local tax money1.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.0%$25 thousand

Fines and other7.2%

Interest, rents and other
7.2%$174 thousand

Where it goes

Housing and community development36%Water, sewer, trash and utilities19%Running the government and other costs17%Health and hospitals10%Parks, recreation and libraries5.1%All other spending12%

What stands out

36%

of Stephen'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
36%$970 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
19%$523 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; electric power and 2 more
  • Water supply$192 thousand
  • Electric power$155 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$99 thousand
  • Sewer systems$77 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$456 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$311 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$123 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$22 thousand
Health and hospitals
10%$273 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$273 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.1%$137 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$137 thousand
Interest on debt
4.3%$117 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$112 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$5 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.2%$113 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$80 thousand
  • Airports$33 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$104 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$98 thousand
  • Police$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Stephen. 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 Stephen 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.