County government · Wells County, ND

Wells County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Wells County took in $7.2 million and spent $8.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes56%State tax money34%Federal tax money5.2%Fees for services (road charges, parks, land and natural resources)4.9%

What stands out

56%

of Wells County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes56%

Property tax
56%$4.0 million
Other taxes
0.2%$18 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$13 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.9%

Fees for services
4.9%$352 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$337 thousand
  • Road charges$12 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
5.2%$372 thousand

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$2.4 million

Fines and other<0.1%

Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking31%Running the government and other costs24%Social services15%Health and hospitals14%Police, fire, courts and jails8.7%All other spending7.4%

What stands out

15%

of Wells County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
31%$2.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.6 million
Running the government and other costs
24%$2.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$843 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$628 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$532 thousand
Social services
15%$1.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.2 million
Health and hospitals
14%$1.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.7%$720 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$473 thousand
  • Fire protection$136 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$68 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$43 thousand
Environment and natural resources
6.1%$504 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$504 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.1%$94 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$94 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$17 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wells County. 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 Wells County 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.