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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Ballinger took in $5.9 million and spent $926 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)48%City taxes46%Federal tax money5.0%Fines and other1.1%

What stands out

25%

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

City taxes46%

Sales tax
25%$1.5 million
Property tax
19%$1.1 million
Other taxes
1.6%$94 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Public utility taxes$92 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services48%

Fees for services
48%$2.8 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Water$1.5 million
  • Garbage collection$715 thousand
  • Sewer$582 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$22 thousand
  • Airport$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.0%

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

From the federal government
5.0%$298 thousand

State tax money<0.1%

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

From the state
<0.1%$2 thousand

Fines and other1.1%

Fines
1.0%$57 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Running the government and other costs39%Water, sewer, trash and utilities34%Parks, recreation and libraries8.3%Sent to other local governments7.3%Health and hospitals6.4%Police, fire, courts and jails4.3%

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
39%$364 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$364 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
34%$318 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$157 thousand
  • Water supply$153 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$8 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.3%$77 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$77 thousand
Sent to other local governments
7.3%$68 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$66 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.4%$59 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$59 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.3%$40 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$40 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Ballinger. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Ballinger 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.