Township government · Washington County, PA

Mount Pleasant Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Mount Pleasant Township took in $2.6 million and spent $2.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes56%State tax money25%Fees for services (garbage collection)12%Fines and other7.4%

What stands out

21%

of Mount Pleasant Township's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Township taxes56%

Property tax
27%$701 thousand
Individual income tax
21%$528 thousand
Other taxes
7.8%$199 thousand
What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes; public utility licenses and 1 more
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$113 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$51 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$35 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$295 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and other service charges
  • Garbage collection$282 thousand
  • Other service charges$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money25%

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

From the state
25%$652 thousand

Fines and other7.4%

Interest, rents and other
6.8%$174 thousand
Fines
0.6%$16 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking34%Police, fire, courts and jails34%Running the government and other costs20%Water, sewer, trash and utilities10%Parks, recreation and libraries1.3%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

34%

of Mount Pleasant Township's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
34%$844 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$844 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
34%$834 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$486 thousand
  • Fire protection$271 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$77 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$478 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$158 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$134 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$127 thousand
  • Government buildings$59 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
10%$247 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$247 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$33 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$21 thousand
  • Libraries$12 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$12 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

Mount Pleasant Township. 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 Mount Pleasant Township 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.