Town government · Cayuga County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Niles took in $1.8 million and spent $1.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County and local tax money62%Town taxes25%State tax money12%Fines and other0.7%Fees for services0.3%

What stands out

62%

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

Town taxes25%

Property tax
21%$373 thousand
Other taxes
4.6%$83 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$78 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$5 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$218 thousand

County and local tax money62%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
62%$1.1 million

Fines and other0.7%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$11 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Running the government and other costs26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities19%Police, fire, courts and jails5.0%Interest on debt1.4%All other spending1.9%

What stands out

19%

of Niles' 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
47%$660 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$660 thousand
Running the government and other costs
26%$367 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$218 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$71 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$47 thousand
  • Government buildings$31 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
19%$262 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$262 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.0%$70 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services and inspections and regulation
  • Courts and legal services$51 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$19 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$19 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.2%$17 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$17 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$7 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$2 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Niles. 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 Niles 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.