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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Center took in $380 thousand and spent $211 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, electric power)44%City taxes26%State tax money18%County and local tax money11%Fines and other0.8%

What stands out

12%

of Center's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes26%

Property tax
14%$52 thousand
Sales tax
12%$44 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services44%

Fees for services
44%$167 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer and electric power
  • Sewer$140 thousand
  • Electric power$27 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$69 thousand

County and local tax money11%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
11%$43 thousand

Fines and other0.8%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs77%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Parks, recreation and libraries0.9%

What stands out

77%

of Center'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
77%$163 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Other and not broken out$104 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$59 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$23 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$15 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
  • Police$4 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$23 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$23 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Center. 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 Center 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.