Township government · Franklin County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Franklin Township took in $11.8 million and spent $9.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes82%Fees for services16%Fines and other1.3%State tax money0.6%

What stands out

80%

of Franklin Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 53%.

Township taxes82%

Property tax
80%$9.4 million
Other taxes
2.6%$302 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$302 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$1.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.9 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.6%

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

From the state
0.6%$68 thousand

Fines and other1.3%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$127 thousand
Fines
0.2%$26 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails87%Roads, transit and parking6.6%Running the government and other costs6.4%Health and hospitals0.4%Interest on debt0.2%

What stands out

87%

of Franklin Township's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
87%$8.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$6.3 million
  • Police$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
6.6%$635 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$635 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.4%$614 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)$606 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$8 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$37 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$37 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$15 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Franklin 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 Franklin 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.