City government · Brookings County, SD

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Aurora took in $1.8 million and spent $1.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)80%City taxes18%Fines and other1.7%State tax money0.7%

What stands out

80%

of Aurora'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%.

City taxes18%

Property tax
12%$214 thousand
Sales tax
5.6%$101 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$10 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$8 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services80%

Fees for services
80%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 5 more
  • Electric power$975 thousand
  • Sewer$169 thousand
  • Water$152 thousand
  • Garbage collection$81 thousand
  • Other service charges$47 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$3 thousand
  • Transit fares$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.7%

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

From the state
0.7%$12 thousand

Fines and other1.7%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$31 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities78%Roads, transit and parking6.7%Running the government and other costs6.2%Police, fire, courts and jails6.0%Interest on debt2.2%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

78%

of Aurora'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
78%$1.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$733 thousand
  • Water supply$168 thousand
  • Sewer systems$131 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$53 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.7%$93 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$93 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.2%$87 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$60 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$24 thousand
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.0%$83 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$46 thousand
  • Police$23 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$8 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$6 thousand
Interest on debt
2.2%$30 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on electric power debt and interest on general debt
  • Interest on electric power debt$22 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$8 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Housing and community development
0.3%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Aurora. 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 City of Aurora 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.