Town government · Hamilton County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Benson took in $595 thousand and spent $441 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes70%Fines and other17%State tax money6.2%Fees for services4.2%County and local tax money2.0%

What stands out

17%

of Benson's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Town taxes70%

Property tax
69%$413 thousand
Other taxes
0.8%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.2%

Fees for services
4.2%$25 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$25 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money6.2%

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

From the state
6.2%$37 thousand

County and local tax money2.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.0%$12 thousand

Fines and other17%

Interest, rents and other
17%$101 thousand
Fines
0.3%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Running the government and other costs36%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.8%Health and hospitals3.9%Police, fire, courts and jails3.6%All other spending2.3%

What stands out

8.8%

of Benson'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
46%$202 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$202 thousand
Running the government and other costs
36%$157 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$95 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$25 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$16 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$16 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.8%$39 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$39 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.9%$17 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$17 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.6%$16 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services and police
  • Courts and legal services$15 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$7 thousand
Housing and community development
0.7%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Benson. 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 Town of Benson 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.