County government · Vinton County, OH

Vinton County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Vinton County took in $19.4 million and spent $15.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money48%County taxes37%Fees for services (road charges)11%Fines and other3.4%

What stands out

18%

of Vinton County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes37%

Property tax
19%$3.7 million
Sales tax
18%$3.5 million
Other taxes
0.2%$30 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$2.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and road charges
  • Other service charges$2.1 million
  • Road charges$140 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money48%

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

From the state
48%$9.3 million

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$384 thousand
Fines
1.5%$285 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking28%Running the government and other costs26%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Health and hospitals15%Social services6.1%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

15%

of Vinton County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
28%$4.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.4 million
Running the government and other costs
26%$4.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$651 thousand
  • Government buildings$531 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$3.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$3.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$678 thousand
Health and hospitals
15%$2.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.4 million
Social services
6.1%$961 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$961 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$54 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$22 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$22 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Vinton County. 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 Vinton County 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.