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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Hartington took in $3.8 million and spent $3.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)55%City taxes29%Fines and other8.2%State tax money7.0%

What stands out

12%

of Hartington's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 2.5%.

City taxes29%

Property tax
18%$673 thousand
Other taxes
12%$449 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$449 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services55%

Fees for services
55%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 3 more
  • Other service charges$1.5 million
  • Sewer$209 thousand
  • Garbage collection$180 thousand
  • Water$165 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$50 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.0%

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

From the state
7.0%$267 thousand

Fines and other8.2%

Interest, rents and other
8.2%$313 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking35%Water, sewer, trash and utilities18%Housing and community development15%Parks, recreation and libraries12%Running the government and other costs9.3%All other spending11%

What stands out

15%

of Hartington's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
35%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
18%$676 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; water supply and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$285 thousand
  • Water supply$260 thousand
  • Sewer systems$131 thousand
Housing and community development
15%$548 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
12%$444 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$333 thousand
  • Libraries$111 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.3%$350 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)$182 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$140 thousand
  • Government buildings$28 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.2%$270 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$165 thousand
  • Fire protection$105 thousand
Social services
1.5%$57 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$57 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$54 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.1%$40 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$40 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hartington. 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 City of Hartington 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.