Township government · Portage County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Rootstown Township took in $3.2 million and spent $2.0 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 taxes97%Fees for services2.2%State tax money0.6%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

95%

of Rootstown 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
95%$3.0 million
Other taxes
2.1%$68 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$68 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.2%

Fees for services
2.2%$71 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$71 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%$18 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails46%Roads, transit and parking29%Running the government and other costs21%Health and hospitals1.6%Interest on debt1.0%Parks, recreation and libraries1.0%

What stands out

46%

of Rootstown 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
46%$919 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$919 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
29%$591 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$591 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$433 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$414 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$19 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.6%$32 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$32 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$21 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$20 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$20 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rootstown 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 Rootstown 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.