Borough government · Dauphin County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Middletown took in $16.7 million and spent $15.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, garbage collection)65%Borough taxes25%State tax money3.4%County and local tax money3.2%Fines and other2.7%

What stands out

65%

of Middletown'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 taxes25%

Property tax
15%$2.5 million
Individual income tax
6.1%$1.0 million
Other taxes
4.2%$706 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$292 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$255 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$159 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$10.9 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; other service charges and 2 more
  • Electric power$8.7 million
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$918 thousand
  • Road charges$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$5 thousand

State tax money3.4%

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

From the state
3.4%$562 thousand

County and local tax money3.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.2%$532 thousand

Fines and other2.7%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$380 thousand
Fines
0.4%$70 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities51%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Running the government and other costs8.0%Roads, transit and parking6.6%Housing and community development5.9%All other spending2.2%

What stands out

27%

of Middletown's 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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
51%$7.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Electric power$5.8 million
  • Sewer systems$1.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$813 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$4.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$3.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$320 thousand
  • Fire protection$201 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.0%$1.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsGovernment buildings; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Government buildings$520 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$493 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$197 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$21 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.6%$1.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$963 thousand
  • Public transit$63 thousand
Housing and community development
5.9%$910 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$200 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$147 thousand
  • Libraries$53 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$87 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$57 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$57 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Middletown. 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 Middletown 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.