Town government · Grafton County, NH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Easton took in $1.7 million and spent $226 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes98%State tax money1.4%Fines and other0.3%

What stands out

98%

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

Town taxes98%

Property tax
98%$1.7 million
Other taxes
0.2%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money1.4%

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

From the state
1.4%$24 thousand

Fines and other0.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$5 thousand

Where it goes

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

Police, fire, courts and jails38%Running the government and other costs34%Roads, transit and parking24%Social services2.2%Parks, recreation and libraries1.3%Interest on debt0.4%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
38%$87 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services and fire protection
  • Courts and legal services$53 thousand
  • Fire protection$34 thousand
Running the government and other costs
34%$76 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$38 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$14 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$12 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
24%$54 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$54 thousand
Social services
2.2%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$3 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
  • Libraries$1 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Easton. 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 Easton 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.