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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Westmoreland took in $3.0 million and spent $2.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County and local tax money64%Fees for services (water, parks and recreation)12%State tax money9.3%Town taxes9.1%Fines and other5.8%

What stands out

64%

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

Town taxes9.1%

Other taxes
8.0%$239 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$155 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$84 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
1.1%$34 thousand

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$360 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; other service charges and 1 more
  • Water$352 thousand
  • Other service charges$6 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money9.3%

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

From the state
9.3%$279 thousand

County and local tax money64%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
64%$1.9 million

Fines and other5.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.9%$145 thousand
Fines
0.9%$28 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking63%Running the government and other costs22%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.9%Police, fire, courts and jails4.2%Interest on debt1.5%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

7.9%

of Westmoreland'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
63%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Running the government and other costs
22%$467 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$291 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$78 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$65 thousand
  • Government buildings$33 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.9%$169 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and sewer systems
  • Water supply$157 thousand
  • Sewer systems$12 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.2%$89 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$61 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$27 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Interest on debt
1.5%$31 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$28 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$16 thousand
  • Libraries$12 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Westmoreland. 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 Westmoreland 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.