Town government · Steuben County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Canisteo took in $1.1 million and spent $914 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes83%State tax money14%Fines and other2.3%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.6%

What stands out

80%

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

Town taxes83%

Property tax
80%$883 thousand
Other taxes
3.3%$36 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other licenses$35 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.6%

Fees for services
0.6%$7 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$4 thousand
  • Garbage collection$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$151 thousand

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$23 thousand
Fines
0.2%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking51%Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Health and hospitals1.0%

What stands out

15%

of Canisteo's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
51%$467 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$467 thousand
Running the government and other costs
33%$300 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$214 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$46 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$26 thousand
  • Government buildings$13 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$138 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$117 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$17 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$4 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.0%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Canisteo. 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 Canisteo 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.