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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lincoln took in $4.9 million and spent $3.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)53%City taxes27%State tax money18%Fines and other2.0%

What stands out

53%

of Lincoln'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%.

City taxes27%

Property tax
21%$1.0 million
Sales tax
4.3%$209 thousand
Other taxes
1.4%$68 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$68 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services53%

Fees for services
53%$2.6 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Water$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$576 thousand
  • Sewer$502 thousand
  • Road charges$74 thousand
  • Other service charges$37 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$891 thousand

Fines and other2.0%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$96 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities50%Police, fire, courts and jails26%Running the government and other costs14%Roads, transit and parking9.5%Interest on debt0.5%Parks, recreation and libraries0.1%

What stands out

26%

of Lincoln's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
50%$1.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$848 thousand
  • Sewer systems$459 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$401 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
26%$898 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$731 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$167 thousand
Running the government and other costs
14%$477 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$382 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$86 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$9 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.5%$326 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$326 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$16 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$4 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Lincoln. 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 City of Lincoln 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.