County government · Medina County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Medina County took in $186 million and spent $91.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes44%Fees for services (sewer, water)35%Fines and other8.9%State tax money8.4%Federal tax money3.2%

What stands out

35%

of Medina County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 11%.

County taxes44%

Property tax
23%$43.4 million
Sales tax
18%$34.1 million
Other taxes
2.6%$4.8 million
What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes and other licenses
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$3.6 million
  • Other licenses$1.3 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services35%

Fees for services
35%$65.8 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 3 more
  • Sewer$22.5 million
  • Other service charges$17.3 million
  • Water$14.1 million
  • Garbage collection$9.5 million
  • Road charges$2.5 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.2%

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

From the federal government
3.2%$5.9 million

State tax money8.4%

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

From the state
8.4%$15.7 million

Fines and other8.9%

Interest, rents and other
8.5%$15.7 million
Fines
0.4%$782 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities43%Police, fire, courts and jails36%Health and hospitals14%Running the government and other costs4.0%Social services2.2%All other spending1.6%

What stands out

43%

of Medina County's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.6%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
43%$39.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$21.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$9.8 million
  • Water supply$7.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
36%$32.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$19.4 million
  • Police$12.1 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1.2 million
Health and hospitals
14%$12.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12.8 million
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$3.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$916 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$91 thousand
Social services
2.2%$2.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
1.0%$896 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$896 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$555 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$555 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$24 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Medina County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Medina 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.