Town government · Brunswick County, NC

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Sunset Beach took in $2.4 million and spent $2.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores)93%Town taxes7.3%Fines and other<0.1%

What stands out

93%

of Sunset Beach's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Town taxes7.3%

Other taxes
7.3%$177 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage taxes
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$177 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services93%

Fees for services
93%$2.2 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores
  • Liquor stores$2.2 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Fines and other<0.1%

Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities98%Health and hospitals0.8%Police, fire, courts and jails0.6%Sent to other local governments0.4%

What stands out

98%

of Sunset Beach's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
98%$1.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores
  • Liquor stores$1.9 million
Health and hospitals
0.8%$15 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$15 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
0.6%$11 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$11 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$7 thousand
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$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sunset Beach. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Town of Sunset 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.