Borough government · Allegheny County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Glassport took in $4.2 million and spent $4.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes53%Fees for services (sewer)23%State tax money9.1%County and local tax money6.0%Federal tax money5.4%Fines and other3.4%

What stands out

40%

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

Borough taxes53%

Property tax
40%$1.7 million
Individual income tax
8.3%$349 thousand
Other taxes
5.2%$217 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; public utility licenses and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$96 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$73 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$48 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$954 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer and other service charges
  • Sewer$914 thousand
  • Other service charges$40 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.4%

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

From the federal government
5.4%$226 thousand

State tax money9.1%

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

From the state
9.1%$381 thousand

County and local tax money6.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
6.0%$254 thousand

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$105 thousand
Fines
0.9%$37 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails32%Health and hospitals17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Running the government and other costs16%Roads, transit and parking14%All other spending3.7%

What stands out

17%

of Glassport's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$1.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Fire protection$215 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$75 thousand
Health and hospitals
17%$814 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$814 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$814 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$814 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$744 thousand
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$288 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$259 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$161 thousand
  • Government buildings$36 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$663 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$663 thousand
Interest on debt
2.3%$107 thousand
Housing and community development
0.9%$41 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$27 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$27 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Glassport. 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 Glassport 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.