Township government · Berks County, PA

Tilden Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Tilden Township took in $3.0 million and spent $3.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes42%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)38%State tax money16%Fines and other4.7%

What stands out

38%

of Tilden Township's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Township taxes42%

Individual income tax
19%$569 thousand
Property tax
12%$350 thousand
Other taxes
11%$329 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; public utility licenses and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$222 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$59 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$48 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services38%

Fees for services
38%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Sewer$853 thousand
  • Garbage collection$205 thousand
  • Other service charges$86 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$471 thousand

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$108 thousand
Fines
1.1%$32 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking43%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Running the government and other costs15%Interest on debt3.0%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

16%

of Tilden Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
43%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$656 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$475 thousand
  • Fire protection$116 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$48 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$17 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$470 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$470 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$452 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$187 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$137 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$64 thousand
  • Government buildings$64 thousand
Interest on debt
3.0%$89 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$16 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
  • Libraries$4 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Tilden Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Tilden 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.