City government · Hamlin County, SD

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Estelline took in $7.0 million and spent $6.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)90%City taxes8.4%Fines and other1.7%

What stands out

90%

of Estelline'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 taxes8.4%

Property tax
4.6%$319 thousand
Sales tax
3.3%$230 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$32 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and amusement taxes
  • Other licenses$31 thousand
  • Amusement taxes$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services90%

Fees for services
90%$6.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; electric power and 4 more
  • Other service charges$5.0 million
  • Electric power$909 thousand
  • Water$158 thousand
  • Sewer$124 thousand
  • Garbage collection$87 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Fines and other1.7%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$116 thousand

Where it goes

Social services74%Water, sewer, trash and utilities12%Running the government and other costs5.9%Roads, transit and parking4.4%Police, fire, courts and jails1.6%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

74%

of Estelline's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Social services
74%$4.5 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions
  • Welfare institutions$4.5 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
12%$759 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; garbage and solid waste and 2 more
  • Electric power$579 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$88 thousand
  • Water supply$49 thousand
  • Sewer systems$43 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.9%$364 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$176 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$126 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$62 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.4%$271 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$271 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.6%$98 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$60 thousand
  • Fire protection$38 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$59 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$59 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$54 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Estelline. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of City of Estelline 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.