City government · Monroe County, MO

Monroe City's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Monroe City took in $9.5 million and spent $9.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, gas)72%City taxes13%Fines and other8.3%State tax money6.7%

What stands out

72%

of Monroe City'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 taxes13%

Sales tax
6.6%$626 thousand
Property tax
3.5%$329 thousand
Other taxes
3.1%$298 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; alcoholic beverage licenses and 4 more
  • Public utility taxes$248 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$22 thousand
  • Tobacco taxes$14 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$8 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$4 thousand
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services72%

Fees for services
72%$6.8 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; gas and 4 more
  • Electric power$4.0 million
  • Gas$1.9 million
  • Water$599 thousand
  • Sewer$294 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$18 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money6.7%

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

From the state
6.7%$631 thousand

Fines and other8.3%

Interest, rents and other
8.1%$768 thousand
Fines
0.1%$13 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities74%Police, fire, courts and jails8.9%Running the government and other costs7.7%Roads, transit and parking5.2%Parks, recreation and libraries3.1%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

74%

of Monroe City's 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
74%$7.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; gas supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$4.1 million
  • Gas supply$1.9 million
  • Water supply$937 thousand
  • Sewer systems$267 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.9%$856 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$652 thousand
  • Fire protection$176 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$16 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$12 thousand
Running the government and other costs
7.7%$735 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$477 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$221 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$30 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$7 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.2%$500 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$394 thousand
  • Airports$106 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.1%$302 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$214 thousand
  • Libraries$88 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$51 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$7 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Monroe City. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. 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 Monroe City 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.