County government · Highland County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Highland County took in $37.8 million and spent $42.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money45%County taxes38%Fees for services (sewer)12%Fines and other5.1%

What stands out

21%

of Highland County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes38%

Sales tax
21%$8.1 million
Property tax
16%$6.2 million
Other taxes
0.6%$239 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$239 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$4.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$3.5 million
  • Sewer$913 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$16.9 million

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$1.8 million
Fines
0.4%$161 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking25%Social services24%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Health and hospitals16%Running the government and other costs9.3%All other spending4.6%

What stands out

24%

of Highland 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
25%$10.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$10.6 million
Social services
24%$10.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$10.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$9.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$7.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.8 million
Health and hospitals
16%$6.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6.6 million
Running the government and other costs
9.3%$4.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$508 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$43 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.3%$974 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$974 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.3%$558 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$558 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$414 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Highland County. 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 Highland 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.