Village government · Clermont County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Bethel took in $5.3 million and spent $5.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)71%State tax money11%Village taxes11%Fines and other6.6%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

71%

of Bethel'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%.

Village taxes11%

Individual income tax
5.0%$266 thousand
Property tax
3.3%$177 thousand
Other taxes
2.1%$110 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$110 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
0.5%$25 thousand

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$3.8 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 2 more
  • Electric power$2.7 million
  • Water$933 thousand
  • Garbage collection$146 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$596 thousand

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$30 thousand

Fines and other6.6%

Interest, rents and other
5.3%$283 thousand
Fines
1.3%$72 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities72%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Roads, transit and parking6.8%Running the government and other costs6.8%Interest on debt1.6%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

72%

of Bethel'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
72%$3.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 1 more
  • Electric power$2.6 million
  • Water supply$862 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$156 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$590 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$559 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$31 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.8%$341 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$341 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.8%$340 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$157 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$88 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$49 thousand
  • Government buildings$46 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$81 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$63 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$63 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Bethel. 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 Village of Bethel 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.