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Durham's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Durham took in $963 thousand and spent $551 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money55%City taxes35%Fines and other6.3%County and local tax money4.3%

What stands out

55%

of Durham's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes35%

Other taxes

23%$222 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 1 more

Public utility taxes$198 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$16 thousand
Other licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax

12%$113 thousand

State tax money55%

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

From the state

55%$526 thousand

County and local tax money4.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

4.3%$41 thousand

Fines and other6.3%

Interest, rents and other

6.3%$61 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs37%Sent to other local governments30%Roads, transit and parking28%Parks, recreation and libraries4.9%

What stands out

30%

of Durham's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs

37%$206 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$115 thousand
Other and not broken out$54 thousand
Government buildings$19 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$18 thousand

Sent to other local governments

30%$164 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$164 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

28%$154 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$154 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

4.9%$27 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$27 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Durham. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Durham 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.