Town government · Tioga County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Tioga 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 taxes46%County and local tax money28%State tax money24%Fines and other1.4%Fees for services (parks and recreation)1.0%

What stands out

28%

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

Town taxes46%

Property tax
42%$872 thousand
Other taxes
4.1%$86 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$57 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$26 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.0%

Fees for services
1.0%$21 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$19 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money24%

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

From the state
24%$500 thousand

County and local tax money28%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
28%$582 thousand

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$22 thousand
Fines
0.3%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking69%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails1.9%Parks, recreation and libraries0.7%Health and hospitals0.4%Housing and community development0.3%

What stands out

69%

of Tioga's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
69%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$502 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$366 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$58 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$57 thousand
  • Government buildings$18 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.9%$34 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services and police
  • Courts and legal services$33 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$13 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$8 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$8 thousand
Housing and community development
0.3%$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Tioga. 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 Tioga 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.