Town government · Lewis County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Monticello took in $1.5 million and spent $122 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes95%Fees for services (road charges)5.4%

What stands out

45%

of Monticello's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 2.5%.

Town taxes95%

Property tax
50%$734 thousand
Other taxes
45%$661 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes
  • Other selective sales taxes$661 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.4%

Fees for services
5.4%$80 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges
  • Road charges$80 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Roads, transit and parking66%Running the government and other costs34%Social services0.8%

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
66%$80 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$80 thousand
Running the government and other costs
34%$41 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$40 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Social services
0.8%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Monticello. 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 Town of Monticello 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.