Town government · Bandera County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Bandera took in $3.2 million and spent $2 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)57%Town taxes37%Fines and other2.7%County and local tax money2.4%State tax money0.7%

What stands out

24%

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

Town taxes37%

Sales tax
24%$767 thousand
Property tax
13%$426 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services57%

Fees for services
57%$1.8 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Water$638 thousand
  • Garbage collection$545 thousand
  • Sewer$467 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$181 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%$24 thousand

County and local tax money2.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.4%$77 thousand

Fines and other2.7%

Fines
2.4%$79 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.2%$8 thousand

Where it goes

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

Interest on debt100%

Spending by category100%

Interest on debt
100%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Bandera. 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 Town of Bandera 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.