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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Crawford took in $10.5 million and spent $9.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes58%County and local tax money17%Fees for services (water, sewer)8.6%State tax money7.2%Fines and other6.3%Federal tax money2.6%

What stands out

17%

of Crawford's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes58%

Property tax
51%$5.4 million
Other taxes
6.8%$719 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$595 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$124 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.6%

Fees for services
8.6%$903 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 3 more
  • Other service charges$294 thousand
  • Water$290 thousand
  • Sewer$288 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$29 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.6%

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

From the federal government
2.6%$271 thousand

State tax money7.2%

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

From the state
7.2%$761 thousand

County and local tax money17%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
17%$1.8 million

Fines and other6.3%

Interest, rents and other
3.8%$403 thousand
Fines
2.4%$255 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs36%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Roads, transit and parking19%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Parks, recreation and libraries4.2%All other spending2.7%

What stands out

11%

of Crawford'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%

Running the government and other costs
36%$3.3 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$2.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$292 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$268 thousand
  • Government buildings$167 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$2.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$2.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$243 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
19%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
  • Parking$6 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$973 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$740 thousand
  • Sewer systems$215 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$18 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.2%$380 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$380 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$221 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$24 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$24 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Crawford. 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 Crawford 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.