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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Townsend took in $1.7 million and spent $2.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)83%City taxes11%Fines and other2.7%County and local tax money2.4%State tax money0.9%

What stands out

83%

of Townsend'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 taxes11%

Property tax
11%$183 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services83%

Fees for services
83%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 2 more
  • Sewer$806 thousand
  • Water$366 thousand
  • Garbage collection$210 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.9%

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

From the state
0.9%$15 thousand

County and local tax money2.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.4%$40 thousand

Fines and other2.7%

Interest, rents and other
2.7%$45 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities53%Running the government and other costs25%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Interest on debt4.4%Environment and natural resources1.9%Roads, transit and parking0.3%

What stands out

53%

of Townsend's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
53%$1.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply
  • Water supply$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
25%$505 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$333 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$172 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$296 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$277 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$19 thousand
Interest on debt
4.4%$89 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.9%$38 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$38 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.3%$7 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports
  • Airports$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Townsend. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Townsend 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.