Village government · Suffolk County, NY

Westhampton Beach's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended May 31, 2022), Westhampton Beach took in $18.7 million and spent $18.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Village taxes57%County and local tax money32%Fees for services (parks and recreation)6.8%Fines and other2.9%State tax money1.7%

What stands out

32%

of Westhampton Beach's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

Village taxes57%

Property tax
51%$9.5 million
Other taxes
6.0%$1.1 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$997 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$121 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.8%

Fees for services
6.8%$1.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$763 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$507 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money1.7%

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

From the state
1.7%$320 thousand

County and local tax money32%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
32%$6.0 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$412 thousand
Fines
0.7%$122 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking56%Running the government and other costs23%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Parks, recreation and libraries2.8%Interest on debt2.6%All other spending0.2%

What stands out

56%

of Westhampton Beach's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
56%$10.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$10.4 million
Running the government and other costs
23%$4.3 million
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$3.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$517 thousand
  • Government buildings$209 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$152 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$3.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$2.3 million
  • Inspections and regulation$345 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$276 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.8%$529 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$529 thousand
Interest on debt
2.6%$480 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$32 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$32 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Westhampton Beach. 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 Westhampton Beach 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.