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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Livingston took in $23.2 million and spent $18.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)48%City taxes24%State tax money17%Fines and other10%Federal tax money0.7%

What stands out

10%

of Livingston's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 3%.

City taxes24%

Property tax
23%$5.2 million
Other taxes
1.5%$352 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$246 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$98 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services48%

Fees for services
48%$11.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 4 more
  • Other service charges$3.0 million
  • Sewer$2.9 million
  • Garbage collection$2.8 million
  • Water$2.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$189 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.7%

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

From the federal government
0.7%$166 thousand

State tax money17%

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

From the state
17%$3.9 million

Fines and other10%

Interest, rents and other
9.8%$2.3 million
Fines
0.5%$114 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities37%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Health and hospitals15%Roads, transit and parking11%Parks, recreation and libraries7.1%All other spending8.9%

What stands out

15%

of Livingston's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
37%$6.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$3.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.4 million
  • Water supply$1.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$4.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$2.1 million
  • Police$1.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$301 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$199 thousand
Health and hospitals
15%$2.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$2.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.1%$1.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$729 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$595 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.3%$1.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$583 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$318 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$119 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$88 thousand
  • Government buildings$69 thousand
Interest on debt
2.3%$421 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$45 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$45 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Livingston. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Livingston 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.