Town government · Chesterfield County, SC

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pageland took in $10.9 million and spent $5.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Federal tax money50%Fees for services (sewer, water)23%Town taxes19%Fines and other5.9%County and local tax money1.5%State tax money0.3%

What stands out

50%

of Pageland's money comes from federal tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes19%

Other taxes

7.7%$836 thousand

What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 1 more

Occupation and business licenses$473 thousand
Other taxes not classified elsewhere$358 thousand
Alcoholic beverage taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax

7.5%$816 thousand

Sales tax

4.3%$465 thousand

Fees for services23%

Fees for services

23%$2.5 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 3 more

Sewer$1.0 million
Water$1.0 million
Garbage collection$340 thousand
Airport$31 thousand
Parks and recreation$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money50%

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

From the federal government

50%$5.5 million

State tax money0.3%

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

From the state

0.3%$30 thousand

County and local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.5%$167 thousand

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other

5.2%$565 thousand

Fines

0.7%$75 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities33%Police, fire, courts and jails30%Running the government and other costs14%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Interest on debt8.5%All other spending4.3%

What stands out

30%

of Pageland's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

33%$1.7 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more

Water supply$651 thousand
Sewer systems$561 thousand
Garbage and solid waste$530 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

30%$1.6 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more

Police$1.2 million
Fire protection$292 thousand
Courts and legal services$111 thousand

Running the government and other costs

14%$726 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$342 thousand
Other and not broken out$267 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$117 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

11%$559 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries

Parks and recreation$551 thousand
Libraries$8 thousand

Interest on debt

8.5%$451 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

4.3%$226 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways

Airports$164 thousand
Roads and highways$62 thousand

Social services

<0.1%$3 thousand

What's in social servicesWelfare institutions

Welfare institutions$3 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Pageland. 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 Town of Pageland 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.