Borough government · Schuylkill County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Minersville took in $5.8 million and spent $6.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)61%Borough taxes23%Fines and other5.9%State tax money5.4%Federal tax money4.2%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

61%

of Minersville'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 taxes23%

Property tax
14%$810 thousand
Individual income tax
6.1%$356 thousand
Other taxes
2.9%$168 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Public utility licenses$80 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$47 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$41 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services61%

Fees for services
61%$3.6 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 4 more
  • Water$1.5 million
  • Sewer$1.3 million
  • Garbage collection$516 thousand
  • Other service charges$195 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$57 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.2%

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

From the federal government
4.2%$244 thousand

State tax money5.4%

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

From the state
5.4%$318 thousand

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$12 thousand

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.0%$290 thousand
Fines
0.9%$55 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Roads, transit and parking18%Running the government and other costs14%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Parks, recreation and libraries1.4%All other spending0.7%

What stands out

54%

of Minersville'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
54%$3.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$1.5 million
  • Sewer systems$1.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$420 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
18%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
14%$841 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$408 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$239 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$147 thousand
  • Government buildings$47 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$763 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$636 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$53 thousand
  • Fire protection$52 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$22 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$84 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$74 thousand
  • Libraries$10 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$26 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Minersville. 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 Minersville 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.