Township government · Columbia County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Beaver Township took in $280 thousand and spent $271 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 taxes62%State tax money33%Fines and other2.9%Fees for services2.1%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

45%

of Beaver Township's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Township taxes62%

Individual income tax
45%$127 thousand
Property tax
14%$39 thousand
Other taxes
2.9%$8 thousand
What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.1%

Fees for services
2.1%$6 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money33%

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

From the state
33%$91 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$1 thousand

Fines and other2.9%

Fines
1.8%$5 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking51%Running the government and other costs29%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Health and hospitals0.4%Interest on debt0.4%

What stands out

19%

of Beaver 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
51%$139 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$139 thousand
Running the government and other costs
29%$78 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)$51 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$27 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$52 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$46 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$6 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Beaver 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 Beaver 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.