Borough government · Clearfield County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Clearfield took in $4.1 million and spent $4.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes46%Fees for services (sewer)27%Federal tax money11%State tax money9.5%Fines and other5.0%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

13%

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

Borough taxes46%

Property tax

26%$1.1 million

Individual income tax

13%$551 thousand

Other taxes

6.9%$282 thousand

What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 2 more

Occupation and business licenses$133 thousand
Real estate and stock transfer taxes$68 thousand
Public utility licenses$56 thousand
Amusement taxes$25 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services27%

Fees for services

27%$1.1 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer and other service charges

Sewer$1.0 million
Other service charges$104 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government

11%$461 thousand

State tax money9.5%

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

From the state

9.5%$392 thousand

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.6%$24 thousand

Fines and other5.0%

Fines

2.9%$121 thousand

Interest, rents and other

2.1%$85 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails35%Roads, transit and parking30%Interest on debt15%Running the government and other costs11%Housing and community development4.7%All other spending4.6%

What stands out

15%

of Clearfield's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails

35%$1.5 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more

Police$1.2 million
Inspections and regulation$124 thousand
Fire protection$91 thousand
Courts and legal services$11 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

30%$1.2 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports

Roads and highways$1.2 million
Airports$9 thousand

Interest on debt

15%$634 thousand

Running the government and other costs

11%$438 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$246 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$162 thousand
Government buildings$25 thousand
Other and not broken out$6 thousand
Other government-run businesses-$1 thousand

Housing and community development

4.7%$194 thousand

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

3.3%$137 thousand

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste

Sewer systems$81 thousand
Garbage and solid waste$56 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

1.3%$56 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$56 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Clearfield. 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 Clearfield 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.