Township government · Lorain County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Rochester Township took in $528 thousand and spent $374 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 taxes97%Fines and other1.7%State tax money0.8%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

94%

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

Township taxes97%

Property tax
94%$498 thousand
Other taxes
3.0%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$6 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$5 thousand
  • Estate and gift taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$1 thousand

State tax money0.8%

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

From the state
0.8%$4 thousand

Fines and other1.7%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$6 thousand
Fines
0.6%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails61%Running the government and other costs23%Roads, transit and parking15%Parks, recreation and libraries1.3%Health and hospitals0.3%

What stands out

61%

of Rochester 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
61%$227 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$227 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$86 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$81 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$5 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$55 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$55 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rochester 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 Rochester 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.