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Ventnor City's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ventnor City took in $41.8 million and spent $53.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes65%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)18%State tax money13%Fines and other2.3%County and local tax money1.1%

What stands out

63%

of Ventnor City's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes65%

Property tax
63%$26.5 million
Other taxes
2.1%$865 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$694 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$171 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$7.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 4 more
  • Sewer$6.2 million
  • Other service charges$556 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$491 thousand
  • Parking$167 thousand
  • Other school charges$64 thousand
  • School lunches$54 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
<0.1%$8 thousand

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$5.5 million

County and local tax money1.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.1%$452 thousand

Fines and other2.3%

Fines
1.4%$574 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.0%$399 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges45%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Running the government and other costs11%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Sent to other local governments9.0%All other spending6.5%

What stands out

45%

of Ventnor City's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
45%$23.7 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$23.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$9.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$4.7 million
  • Police$4.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$499 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$41 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$6.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.1 million
  • Government buildings$586 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$415 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$5.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$4.6 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.2 million
Sent to other local governments
9.0%$4.8 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$4.8 million
  • Sent to the state government$41 thousand
Interest on debt
2.5%$1.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.0%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$1.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1.0 million
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$8 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Ventnor City. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Ventnor City 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.