Township government · Portage County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Nelson Township took in $850 thousand and spent $668 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 taxes87%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources)6.0%Fines and other5.4%County and local tax money1.2%State tax money0.6%

What stands out

86%

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

Township taxes87%

Property tax
86%$731 thousand
Other taxes
0.8%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$5 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.0%

Fees for services
6.0%$51 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther government-run businesses and parks, land and natural resources
  • Other government-run businesses$30 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$21 thousand

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%$5 thousand

County and local tax money1.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.2%$10 thousand

Fines and other5.4%

Interest, rents and other
5.4%$46 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking50%Running the government and other costs43%Police, fire, courts and jails4.6%Interest on debt2.4%

What stands out

43%

of Nelson Township's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
50%$337 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$337 thousand
Running the government and other costs
43%$284 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$154 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$51 thousand
  • Government buildings$50 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$16 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$13 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.6%$31 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation
  • Inspections and regulation$31 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$16 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Nelson 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 Nelson 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.