Township government · Champaign County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Union Township took in $617 thousand and spent $493 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 taxes96%State tax money3.4%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

91%

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

Township taxes96%

Property tax
91%$560 thousand
Other taxes
5.7%$35 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$35 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money3.4%

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

From the state
3.4%$21 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking50%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails23%

What stands out

23%

of Union 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%

Roads, transit and parking
50%$247 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$247 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$135 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other government-run businesses and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$97 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$18 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$11 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$9 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$111 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$111 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Union 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 Union 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.