Village government · Thayer County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Chester took in $896 thousand and spent $872 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)70%Village taxes17%State tax money7.5%Fines and other5.2%

What stands out

70%

of Chester'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%.

Village taxes17%

Other taxes
8.0%$72 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$72 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
7.0%$63 thousand
Sales tax
2.3%$21 thousand

Fees for services70%

Fees for services
70%$626 thousand
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; other service charges and 4 more
  • Electric power$295 thousand
  • Other service charges$241 thousand
  • Water$48 thousand
  • Sewer$20 thousand
  • Garbage collection$20 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.5%

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

From the state
7.5%$67 thousand

Fines and other5.2%

Interest, rents and other
5.2%$47 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs46%Water, sewer, trash and utilities41%Roads, transit and parking7.8%Police, fire, courts and jails2.8%Parks, recreation and libraries1.4%All other spending0.9%

What stands out

46%

of Chester's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
46%$404 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$210 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$162 thousand
  • Government buildings$32 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
41%$356 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$285 thousand
  • Water supply$32 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$27 thousand
  • Sewer systems$12 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.8%$68 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$68 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.8%$24 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$15 thousand
  • Fire protection$9 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$12 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$9 thousand
  • Libraries$3 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$7 thousand
Social services
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Chester. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Village of Chester 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.