Borough government · Delaware County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lansdowne took in $12.0 million and spent $13.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes52%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)32%State tax money14%Fines and other1.9%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

7.5%

of Lansdowne's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people get none.

Borough taxes52%

Property tax

40%$4.8 million

Individual income tax

7.5%$901 thousand

Other taxes

5.1%$608 thousand

What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes; public utility licenses and 1 more

Real estate and stock transfer taxes$342 thousand
Public utility licenses$184 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$82 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services

32%$3.8 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 4 more

Sewer$1.7 million
Garbage collection$1.3 million
Other service charges$563 thousand
Parking$132 thousand
Road charges$33 thousand
Parks and recreation$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money14%

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

From the state

14%$1.7 million

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.1%$18 thousand

Fines and other1.9%

Interest, rents and other

1.5%$180 thousand

Fines

0.4%$50 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities38%Police, fire, courts and jails30%Parks, recreation and libraries13%Running the government and other costs12%Roads, transit and parking5.4%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

38%

of Lansdowne's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 24%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

38%$5.1 million

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

Sewer systems$3.8 million
Garbage and solid waste$1.3 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

30%$4.0 million

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

Police$3.6 million
Inspections and regulation$195 thousand
Fire protection$188 thousand
Courts and legal services$62 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

13%$1.8 million

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries

Parks and recreation$1.2 million
Libraries$571 thousand

Running the government and other costs

12%$1.6 million

What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more

Other and not broken out$503 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$409 thousand
Government buildings$368 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$338 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

5.4%$721 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$721 thousand

Interest on debt

0.6%$80 thousand

Housing and community development

0.4%$50 thousand

Health and hospitals

<0.1%$10 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$10 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Lansdowne. 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 Lansdowne 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.