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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Riverdale took in $1.5 million and spent $1.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, electric power)72%Fines and other12%City taxes9.6%State tax money7.0%

What stands out

72%

of Riverdale'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 taxes9.6%

Property tax
7.8%$117 thousand
Other taxes
1.7%$26 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; alcoholic beverage licenses and 1 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$20 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$3 thousand
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services72%

Fees for services
72%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; electric power and 4 more
  • Water$452 thousand
  • Electric power$367 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$144 thousand
  • Garbage collection$77 thousand
  • Sewer$28 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.0%

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

From the state
7.0%$104 thousand

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
12%$175 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities64%Running the government and other costs21%Parks, recreation and libraries9.1%Police, fire, courts and jails4.0%Roads, transit and parking1.3%Health and hospitals0.4%

What stands out

64%

of Riverdale'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
64%$723 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Water supply$275 thousand
  • Sewer systems$217 thousand
  • Electric power$214 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$17 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$232 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$170 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$57 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
9.1%$102 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$98 thousand
  • Libraries$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.0%$45 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$31 thousand
  • Fire protection$11 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$3 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.3%$15 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$15 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Riverdale. 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 Riverdale 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.