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Rock Port's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Rock Port took in $2.6 million and spent $725 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)89%City taxes8.5%State tax money2.2%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

89%

of Rock Port'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 taxes8.5%

Property tax
6.4%$168 thousand
Sales tax
1.9%$51 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$3 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services89%

Fees for services
89%$2.3 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 1 more
  • Electric power$1.4 million
  • Water$660 thousand
  • Sewer$267 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money2.2%

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

From the state
2.2%$57 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Fines
0.5%$14 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs25%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Water, sewer, trash and utilities18%Interest on debt18%Roads, transit and parking10%Parks, recreation and libraries3.3%

What stands out

18%

of Rock Port's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
25%$184 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$124 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$60 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$177 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$163 thousand
  • Fire protection$7 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$7 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
18%$134 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 1 more
  • Electric power$71 thousand
  • Water supply$48 thousand
  • Sewer systems$15 thousand
Interest on debt
18%$131 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on electric power debt; interest on general debt and 1 more
  • Interest on electric power debt$78 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$33 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$20 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
10%$75 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$75 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.3%$24 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$24 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Rock Port. 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 Rock Port 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.