Town government · Rockingham County, NH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Deerfield took in $16.7 million and spent $3.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes94%Fines and other3.2%State tax money2.7%Fees for services0.4%

What stands out

93%

of Deerfield's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes94%

Property tax
93%$15.4 million
Other taxes
1.1%$188 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$77 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$62 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$49 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.4%

Fees for services
0.4%$72 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$72 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money2.7%

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

From the state
2.7%$458 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$527 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Running the government and other costs39%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking13%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.8%Health and hospitals7.8%All other spending7.0%

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
39%$1.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$630 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$515 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$200 thousand
  • Government buildings$172 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$902 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$865 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$37 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
13%$493 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$493 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.8%$379 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$379 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.8%$302 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$302 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.1%$237 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$137 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$100 thousand
Social services
0.9%$33 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$33 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Deerfield. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Deerfield 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.