City government · Gonzales County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Gonzales took in $30.0 million and spent $26.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended March 31, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)66%City taxes22%State tax money7.8%Fines and other3.4%

What stands out

14%

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

City taxes22%

Sales tax

14%$4.1 million

Property tax

4.5%$1.3 million

Other taxes

4.2%$1.3 million

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and occupation and business licenses

Public utility taxes$1.1 million
Occupation and business licenses$200 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services66%

Fees for services

66%$19.9 million

What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 6 more

Electric power$11.3 million
Water$3.3 million
Sewer$2.0 million
Garbage collection$1.7 million
Parks and recreation$1.5 million
Airport$53 thousand
Other service charges$30 thousand
Other government-run businesses$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.8%

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

From the state

7.8%$2.3 million

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other

3.0%$890 thousand

Fines

0.4%$116 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities53%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Parks, recreation and libraries12%Running the government and other costs12%Roads, transit and parking5.4%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

12%

of Gonzales' spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

53%$13.9 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; garbage and solid waste and 2 more

Electric power$9.5 million
Garbage and solid waste$2.1 million
Water supply$1.2 million
Sewer systems$1.1 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

16%$4.1 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more

Police$2.4 million
Fire protection$1.0 million
Courts and legal services$452 thousand
Inspections and regulation$258 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

12%$3.2 million

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

Parks and recreation$3.0 million
Libraries$270 thousand

Running the government and other costs

12%$3.1 million

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 3 more

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.4 million
Other and not broken out$943 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$548 thousand
Government buildings$142 thousand
Other government-run businesses$81 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

5.4%$1.4 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports

Roads and highways$1.1 million
Airports$324 thousand

Health and hospitals

0.9%$229 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$229 thousand

Interest on debt

0.4%$99 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Gonzales. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. 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 Gonzales 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.