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St. Joseph's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), St. Joseph took in $153 million and spent $180 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes52%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)34%State tax money7.6%Fines and other5.9%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

31%

of St. Joseph's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.8%.

City taxes52%

Sales tax
31%$47.8 million
Property tax
12%$18.8 million
Other taxes
8.4%$12.8 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other licenses and 2 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$8.7 million
  • Other licenses$2.1 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.6 million
  • Tobacco taxes$411 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$52.6 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 6 more
  • Sewer$37.6 million
  • Garbage collection$6.4 million
  • Other service charges$4.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$2.3 million
  • Airport$475 thousand
  • Parking$368 thousand
  • Transit fares$304 thousand
  • Road charges$221 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$263 thousand

State tax money7.6%

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

From the state
7.6%$11.6 million

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.3%$8.1 million
Fines
0.6%$895 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities23%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Roads, transit and parking18%Running the government and other costs16%Interest on debt12%All other spending8.9%

What stands out

12%

of St. Joseph's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 2.5%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
23%$41.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$37.0 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$4.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$38.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$21.2 million
  • Fire protection$15.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
18%$32.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$22.5 million
  • Public transit$8.2 million
  • Airports$1.8 million
  • Parking$432 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$29.4 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$23.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.5 million
Interest on debt
12%$21.8 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.2%$9.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$9.3 million
Health and hospitals
2.5%$4.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.6 million
Housing and community development
1.2%$2.2 million
Social services
<0.1%$31 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$31 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of St. Joseph. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of City of St. Joseph 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.