Town government · Grafton County, NH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Orange took in $448 thousand and spent $339 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 taxes81%State tax money19%

What stands out

81%

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

Town taxes81%

Property tax
81%$361 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$83 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Running the government and other costs21%Water, sewer, trash and utilities14%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Health and hospitals3.8%All other spending1.8%

What stands out

14%

of Orange's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
47%$159 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$159 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$70 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$34 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$15 thousand
  • Government buildings$13 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$4 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
14%$49 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$49 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$42 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$20 thousand
  • Fire protection$18 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.8%$13 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$13 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$4 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$4 thousand
Social services
0.3%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Orange. 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 Orange 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.