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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Perth took in $2.1 million and spent $1.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes44%County and local tax money39%State tax money8.3%Fees for services5.7%Fines and other2.9%

What stands out

39%

of Perth'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
36%$752 thousand
Other taxes
8.1%$169 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$107 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$62 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.7%

Fees for services
5.7%$118 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$118 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.3%

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

From the state
8.3%$172 thousand

County and local tax money39%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
39%$813 thousand

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
1.4%$30 thousand
Fines
1.4%$30 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Running the government and other costs29%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.8%Parks, recreation and libraries1.4%All other spending1.2%

What stands out

18%

of Perth's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
46%$816 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$816 thousand
Running the government and other costs
29%$511 thousand
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$343 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$63 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$55 thousand
  • Government buildings$48 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$327 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$223 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$56 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$47 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.8%$85 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$85 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$25 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$25 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$8 thousand
  • Hospitals$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Perth. 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 Perth 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.