Township government · Medina County, OH

Chatham Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Chatham Township took in $670 thousand and spent $500 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes86%Fines and other5.4%Fees for services4.8%State tax money4.2%

What stands out

83%

of Chatham Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Township taxes86%

Property tax
83%$553 thousand
Other taxes
3.1%$21 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$21 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.8%

Fees for services
4.8%$32 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$32 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.2%

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

From the state
4.2%$28 thousand

Fines and other5.4%

Interest, rents and other
5.4%$36 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking43%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Health and hospitals4.2%Interest on debt0.4%

What stands out

25%

of Chatham Township's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
43%$214 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$214 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$136 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$135 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$127 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$127 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.2%$21 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Chatham Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Chatham Township 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.