City government · Perry County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2024), Perryville took in $31.5 million and spent $24.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended March 31, 2024Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (gas, sewer)44%City taxes26%Fines and other17%Federal tax money9.6%State tax money2.4%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

17%

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

City taxes26%

Sales tax

17%$5.5 million

Other taxes

4.5%$1.4 million

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 5 more

Public utility taxes$1.1 million
Other selective sales taxes$169 thousand
Motor vehicle licenses$60 thousand
Public utility licenses$21 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$17 thousand
Alcoholic beverage licenses$14 thousand
Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax

4.1%$1.3 million

Fees for services44%

Fees for services

44%$13.9 million

What's in fees for servicesGas; sewer and 4 more

Gas$5.8 million
Sewer$3.4 million
Water$2.3 million
Garbage collection$961 thousand
Airport$956 thousand
Parks and recreation$548 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.6%

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

From the federal government

9.6%$3.0 million

State tax money2.4%

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

From the state

2.4%$746 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.4%$131 thousand

Fines and other17%

Interest, rents and other

17%$5.5 million

Fines

<0.1%$29 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities31%Roads, transit and parking30%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Parks, recreation and libraries14%Running the government and other costs6.6%All other spending4.5%

What stands out

30%

of Perryville's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

31%$7.7 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; sewer systems and 2 more

Gas supply$3.9 million
Sewer systems$1.7 million
Water supply$1.5 million
Garbage and solid waste$639 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

30%$7.4 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways

Airports$4.6 million
Roads and highways$2.8 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

14%$3.4 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more

Police$2.9 million
Fire protection$568 thousand
Courts and legal services$3 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

14%$3.4 million

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$3.4 million

Running the government and other costs

6.6%$1.6 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$616 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$549 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$456 thousand

Interest on debt

3.5%$868 thousand

Health and hospitals

1.0%$238 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$238 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Perryville. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Perryville 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.