Borough government · Beaver County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Beaver took in $5.5 million and spent $5.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes59%Fees for services (parking)22%Fines and other8.6%State tax money6.1%Federal tax money4.2%

What stands out

12%

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

Borough taxes59%

Property tax
31%$1.7 million
Other taxes
15%$851 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$619 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$150 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$82 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
12%$686 thousand

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parking
  • Other service charges$1.2 million
  • Parking$61 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
4.2%$233 thousand

State tax money6.1%

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

From the state
6.1%$335 thousand

Fines and other8.6%

Interest, rents and other
7.9%$436 thousand
Fines
0.7%$36 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails49%Roads, transit and parking30%Running the government and other costs18%Parks, recreation and libraries1.7%Water, sewer, trash and utilities1.4%Interest on debt0.1%

What stands out

49%

of Beaver's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
49%$2.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$2.5 million
  • Fire protection$87 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$46 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
30%$1.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.6 million
Running the government and other costs
18%$974 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)$346 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$323 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$251 thousand
  • Government buildings$54 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$90 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$90 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.4%$77 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$77 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Beaver. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Borough of Beaver 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.