Town government · Saratoga County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Greenfield took in $6.7 million and spent $5.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes44%County and local tax money42%Fees for services (parks and recreation)7.0%Fines and other3.3%State tax money3.2%Federal tax money0.5%

What stands out

42%

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

Town taxes44%

Property tax
34%$2.3 million
Other taxes
9.6%$644 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$573 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$71 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.0%

Fees for services
7.0%$468 thousand
What's in fees for servicesParks and recreation and other service charges
  • Parks and recreation$398 thousand
  • Other service charges$70 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.5%

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

From the federal government
0.5%$33 thousand

State tax money3.2%

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

From the state
3.2%$214 thousand

County and local tax money42%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
42%$2.8 million

Fines and other3.3%

Interest, rents and other
3.1%$210 thousand
Fines
0.1%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking48%Running the government and other costs30%Parks, recreation and libraries14%Police, fire, courts and jails4.9%Health and hospitals2.0%All other spending1.6%

What stands out

14%

of Greenfield's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
48%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.5 million
Running the government and other costs
30%$1.6 million
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$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$222 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$174 thousand
  • Government buildings$105 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
14%$730 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$730 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.9%$256 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Inspections and regulation$132 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$108 thousand
  • Police$16 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.0%$104 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$104 thousand
Social services
1.0%$53 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$53 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$27 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$27 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Greenfield. 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 Greenfield 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.