Borough government · Westmoreland County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Trafford took in $3.3 million and spent $3.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)45%Borough taxes42%State tax money5.9%Federal tax money4.8%Fines and other2.6%

What stands out

12%

of Trafford's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

Borough taxes42%

Property tax
24%$795 thousand
Individual income tax
12%$382 thousand
Other taxes
6.0%$197 thousand
What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes; public utility licenses and 1 more
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$86 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$57 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$54 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services45%

Fees for services
45%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 3 more
  • Sewer$1.4 million
  • Other service charges$100 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
  • Parking$6 thousand
  • Garbage collection$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.8%

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

From the federal government
4.8%$159 thousand

State tax money5.9%

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

From the state
5.9%$193 thousand

Fines and other2.6%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$67 thousand
Fines
0.5%$17 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities29%Roads, transit and parking24%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Running the government and other costs19%Interest on debt6.1%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

24%

of Trafford's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
29%$927 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$927 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
24%$778 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$778 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$665 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$563 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$43 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$35 thousand
  • Fire protection$24 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$620 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)$241 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$206 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$152 thousand
  • Government buildings$21 thousand
Interest on debt
6.1%$198 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$21 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$16 thousand
  • Libraries$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Housing and community development
0.2%$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Trafford. 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 Trafford 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.