Borough government · Lawrence County, PA

Ellwood City's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ellwood City took in $13.7 million and spent $14.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)67%Borough taxes24%State tax money4.0%Federal tax money3.5%Fines and other1.2%County and local tax money<0.1%

What stands out

67%

of Ellwood City's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Borough taxes24%

Property tax
16%$2.2 million
Individual income tax
5.9%$811 thousand
Other taxes
2.5%$336 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$138 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$129 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$69 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$9.2 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 5 more
  • Electric power$6.6 million
  • Sewer$2.1 million
  • Garbage collection$236 thousand
  • Other service charges$151 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$35 thousand
  • Road charges$31 thousand
  • Parking$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.5%

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

From the federal government
3.5%$478 thousand

State tax money4.0%

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

From the state
4.0%$547 thousand

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$9 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$117 thousand
Fines
0.3%$46 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities57%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Roads, transit and parking14%Interest on debt3.3%Running the government and other costs3.0%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

57%

of Ellwood City's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
57%$8.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Electric power$5.9 million
  • Sewer systems$2.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$468 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$2.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$2.2 million
  • Fire protection$625 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$54 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$49 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$2.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$2.1 million
  • Parking$14 thousand
Interest on debt
3.3%$484 thousand
Running the government and other costs
3.0%$446 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$167 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$145 thousand
  • Government buildings$75 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$59 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.5%$371 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$371 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Ellwood City. 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 Ellwood City 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.