Township government · Lucas County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Sylvania Township took in $38.6 million and spent $34.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes64%Fines and other25%State tax money11%

What stands out

24%

of Sylvania Township's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of 50,000+ people gets 3%.

Township taxes64%

Property tax
61%$23.7 million
Other taxes
2.5%$957 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$744 thousand
  • Other licenses$213 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services<0.1%

Fees for services
<0.1%$18 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges
  • Road charges$18 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$4.1 million

Fines and other25%

Interest, rents and other
24%$9.4 million
Fines
0.9%$346 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails76%Roads, transit and parking12%Running the government and other costs7.6%Social services1.6%Health and hospitals0.9%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

76%

of Sylvania Township's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of 50,000+ people spends 9.5%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
76%$26.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$16.5 million
  • Police$9.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
12%$4.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.2 million
Running the government and other costs
7.6%$2.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$790 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$325 thousand
Social services
1.6%$560 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$560 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.9%$294 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$294 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$231 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$231 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$221 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sylvania Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Sylvania 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.