Village government · Suffolk County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended May 31, 2022), Greenport took in $14.9 million and spent $14.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended May 31, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)52%Fines and other25%Village taxes8.3%Federal tax money7.7%County and local tax money5.6%State tax money2.2%

What stands out

24%

of Greenport's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 3%.

Village taxes8.3%

Property tax
7.5%$1.1 million
Other taxes
0.8%$112 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$111 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services52%

Fees for services
52%$7.7 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 4 more
  • Electric power$4.1 million
  • Sewer$1.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.3 million
  • Water$555 thousand
  • Other service charges$143 thousand
  • Housing$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.7%

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

From the federal government
7.7%$1.1 million

State tax money2.2%

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

From the state
2.2%$329 thousand

County and local tax money5.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
5.6%$840 thousand

Fines and other25%

Interest, rents and other
24%$3.6 million
Fines
0.7%$99 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities51%Roads, transit and parking13%Police, fire, courts and jails9.4%Running the government and other costs9.1%Social services8.1%All other spending9.1%

What stands out

8.1%

of Greenport's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
51%$7.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; electric power and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$3.8 million
  • Electric power$3.1 million
  • Water supply$492 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
13%$1.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.4%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$107 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$84 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.1%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$916 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$270 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$71 thousand
  • Government buildings$51 thousand
Social services
8.1%$1.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.8%$833 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$833 thousand
Interest on debt
2.0%$287 thousand
Housing and community development
1.2%$178 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Greenport. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended May 31, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Village of Greenport 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.