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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), Ashland took in $5.6 million and spent $2.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended April 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money65%Fees for services (water, sewer)22%City taxes12%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

65%

of Ashland's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes12%

Sales tax
8.1%$457 thousand
Property tax
3.1%$175 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$48 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$45 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$448 thousand
  • Sewer$402 thousand
  • Garbage collection$388 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money65%

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

From the state
65%$3.7 million

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$21 thousand
Fines
0.3%$15 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs63%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Water, sewer, trash and utilities13%Roads, transit and parking9.2%Interest on debt1.1%

What stands out

63%

of Ashland's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
63%$1.5 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$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$118 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$66 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$311 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$311 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
13%$310 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$143 thousand
  • Water supply$139 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$28 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.2%$216 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$216 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$25 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Ashland. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended April 30, 2022. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Ashland 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.