Town government · St Lawrence County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lawrence took in $1.6 million and spent $1.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes38%County and local tax money30%State tax money17%Fees for services (sewer)8.3%Federal tax money4.2%Fines and other2.3%

What stands out

30%

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

Town taxes38%

Property tax
37%$588 thousand
Other taxes
1.0%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.3%

Fees for services
8.3%$130 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer and other service charges
  • Sewer$75 thousand
  • Other service charges$55 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.2%

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

From the federal government
4.2%$66 thousand

State tax money17%

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

From the state
17%$261 thousand

County and local tax money30%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
30%$478 thousand

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$36 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking53%Running the government and other costs29%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.2%Health and hospitals2.0%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

3.2%

of Lawrence'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
53%$682 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$682 thousand
Running the government and other costs
29%$378 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$237 thousand
  • Government buildings$65 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$39 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$37 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$145 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Fire protection$106 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$28 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$10 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.2%$42 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$41 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$1 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.0%$26 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$26 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$18 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$18 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Lawrence. 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 Lawrence 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.