Borough government · Carbon County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Weatherly took in $5.2 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 (electric power, sewer)74%Borough taxes11%Fines and other6.4%State tax money3.2%County and local tax money3.2%Federal tax money2.6%

What stands out

74%

of Weatherly'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 taxes11%

Property tax
5.2%$269 thousand
Individual income tax
4.4%$229 thousand
Other taxes
1.1%$58 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and real estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Occupation and business licenses$29 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$29 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services74%

Fees for services
74%$3.9 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 4 more
  • Electric power$2.6 million
  • Sewer$531 thousand
  • Water$329 thousand
  • Garbage collection$308 thousand
  • Other service charges$75 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$44 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.6%

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

From the federal government
2.6%$134 thousand

State tax money3.2%

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

From the state
3.2%$169 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%$169 thousand

Fines and other6.4%

Interest, rents and other
6.4%$332 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities52%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Roads, transit and parking7.1%Parks, recreation and libraries5.6%All other spending0.2%

What stands out

52%

of Weatherly'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
52%$3.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$2.0 million
  • Sewer systems$624 thousand
  • Water supply$411 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$136 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$683 thousand
  • Government buildings$571 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$25 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$880 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$811 thousand
  • Fire protection$64 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.1%$433 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$433 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.6%$345 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$343 thousand
  • Libraries$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$10 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$10 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Weatherly. 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 Weatherly 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.