Borough government · Allegheny County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Homestead took in $5.9 million and spent $6.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes58%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)29%State tax money6.1%Fines and other3.2%Federal tax money2.8%County and local tax money0.5%

What stands out

42%

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

Borough taxes58%

Property tax
42%$2.5 million
Other taxes
12%$718 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 2 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$353 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$171 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$150 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$44 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
3.6%$213 thousand

Fees for services29%

Fees for services
29%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Sewer$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$167 thousand
  • Other service charges$89 thousand
  • Parking$62 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.8%

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

From the federal government
2.8%$165 thousand

State tax money6.1%

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

From the state
6.1%$358 thousand

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.5%$30 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$116 thousand
Fines
1.2%$72 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails33%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Roads, transit and parking16%Running the government and other costs16%Housing and community development10%All other spending3.2%

What stands out

10%

of Homestead's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
33%$2.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$1.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$186 thousand
  • Fire protection$154 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$55 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$1.1 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$274 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
16%$989 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$920 thousand
  • Parking$69 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$964 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$304 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$303 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$273 thousand
  • Government buildings$84 thousand
Housing and community development
10%$640 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.4%$151 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$106 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$45 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$42 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Homestead. 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 Homestead 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.