Township government · Franklin County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Perry Township took in $5.2 million and spent $3.2 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 taxes93%County and local tax money4.0%Fines and other1.9%State tax money0.7%Fees for services0.2%

What stands out

93%

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

Township taxes93%

Property tax
93%$4.8 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services
0.2%$11 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.7%

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

From the state
0.7%$38 thousand

County and local tax money4.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.0%$208 thousand

Fines and other1.9%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$50 thousand
Fines
0.9%$48 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails50%Running the government and other costs39%Roads, transit and parking10%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.2%Health and hospitals<0.1%

What stands out

50%

of Perry 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%

Police, fire, courts and jails
50%$1.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$1.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$99 thousand
Running the government and other costs
39%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$891 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$217 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$139 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
10%$317 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$317 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$6 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$3 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Perry 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 Perry 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.