Town government · Guilford County, NC

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Jamestown took in $10.5 million and spent $8.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)50%State tax money24%Town taxes24%Fines and other1.8%County and local tax money0.5%

What stands out

24%

of Jamestown's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

Town taxes24%

Property tax
24%$2.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services50%

Fees for services
50%$5.3 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Sewer$2.9 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.2 million
  • Water$1.0 million
  • Garbage collection$164 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%$2.5 million

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.5%$56 thousand

Fines and other1.8%

Interest, rents and other
1.8%$193 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities28%Sent to other local governments24%Parks, recreation and libraries23%Roads, transit and parking9.3%Running the government and other costs9.2%All other spending6.7%

What stands out

24%

of Jamestown's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
28%$2.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$995 thousand
  • Water supply$925 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$379 thousand
Sent to other local governments
24%$2.0 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$2.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
23%$2.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.3%$775 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$775 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.2%$766 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; government buildings and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$561 thousand
  • Government buildings$179 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$26 thousand
Housing and community development
5.1%$424 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.4%$118 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; fire protection and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$104 thousand
  • Fire protection$9 thousand
  • Police$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$16 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Jamestown. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Jamestown 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.