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Walnut Grove's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Walnut Grove took in $1.8 million and spent $2.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, sewer)57%State tax money20%City taxes17%Fines and other4.1%Federal tax money2.3%

What stands out

57%

of Walnut Grove'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 taxes17%

Property tax
17%$303 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services57%

Fees for services
57%$1.0 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; sewer and 7 more
  • Liquor stores$485 thousand
  • Sewer$166 thousand
  • Water$107 thousand
  • Road charges$92 thousand
  • Other service charges$80 thousand
  • Garbage collection$50 thousand
  • Housing$42 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.3%

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

From the federal government
2.3%$41 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$368 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$74 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities42%Roads, transit and parking18%Housing and community development13%Running the government and other costs11%Police, fire, courts and jails8.0%All other spending8.5%

What stands out

13%

of Walnut Grove'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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
42%$869 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Liquor stores$460 thousand
  • Sewer systems$188 thousand
  • Water supply$178 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$43 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
18%$372 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$372 thousand
Housing and community development
13%$261 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$225 thousand
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$145 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$62 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$13 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.0%$165 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$104 thousand
  • Police$61 thousand
Interest on debt
4.7%$97 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$90 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.8%$58 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$58 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$21 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Walnut Grove. 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 Walnut Grove 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.