Town government · Sullivan County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Delaware took in $3.1 million and spent $3.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes66%Fees for services (sewer, water)12%State tax money10%Fines and other8.7%County and local tax money3.4%

What stands out

12%

of Delaware's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes66%

Property tax
59%$1.8 million
Other taxes
6.6%$202 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$156 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$46 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$358 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 1 more
  • Sewer$176 thousand
  • Water$154 thousand
  • Other service charges$28 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money10%

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

From the state
10%$319 thousand

County and local tax money3.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.4%$104 thousand

Fines and other8.7%

Interest, rents and other
8.5%$259 thousand
Fines
0.2%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking44%Running the government and other costs27%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Police, fire, courts and jails4.3%Health and hospitals3.7%All other spending1.2%

What stands out

20%

of Delaware'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
44%$1.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$1.4 million
  • Parking$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$839 thousand
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$560 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$174 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$74 thousand
  • Government buildings$31 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$606 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$380 thousand
  • Water supply$220 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.3%$132 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$89 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$40 thousand
  • Police$3 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.7%$115 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$115 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$17 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$17 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$11 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$11 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Delaware. 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 Delaware 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.