Borough government · Allegheny County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Coraopolis took in $5.1 million and spent $7.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes72%Fees for services (garbage collection, parking)13%State tax money7.3%Federal tax money5.5%Fines and other1.3%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

52%

of Coraopolis' money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

Borough taxes72%

Property tax
52%$2.7 million
Individual income tax
12%$627 thousand
Other taxes
7.6%$392 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$222 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$105 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$65 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$693 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 2 more
  • Garbage collection$400 thousand
  • Other service charges$257 thousand
  • Parking$34 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.5%

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

From the federal government
5.5%$284 thousand

State tax money7.3%

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

From the state
7.3%$375 thousand

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$10 thousand

Fines and other1.3%

Fines
0.9%$46 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.4%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails32%Roads, transit and parking25%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Running the government and other costs17%Parks, recreation and libraries2.9%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

32%

of Coraopolis' 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
32%$2.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Fire protection$467 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$52 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
25%$1.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
  • Parking$7 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$1.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and garbage and solid waste
  • Water supply$1.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$417 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$1.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$406 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$383 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$352 thousand
  • Government buildings$56 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.9%$207 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$185 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$22 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$102 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Coraopolis. 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 Coraopolis 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.