Township government · Franklin County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sharon Township took in $2.6 million and spent $2.8 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 taxes86%Fees for services9.6%Fines and other2.5%State tax money2.2%

What stands out

84%

of Sharon Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 53%.

Township taxes86%

Property tax
84%$2.2 million
Other taxes
1.9%$50 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$50 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.6%

Fees for services
9.6%$248 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$248 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money2.2%

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

From the state
2.2%$56 thousand

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$45 thousand
Fines
0.7%$19 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails50%Health and hospitals22%Roads, transit and parking14%Running the government and other costs13%

What stands out

22%

of Sharon Township's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. townships and towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
50%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$1.4 million
Health and hospitals
22%$612 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$612 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$401 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$401 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$371 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)$366 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sharon 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 Sharon 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.