County government · Grayson County, TX

Grayson County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2023), Grayson County took in $77.2 million and spent $71.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes65%Fees for services (airport, road charges)16%State tax money10%Fines and other6.4%Federal tax money2.4%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

60%

of Grayson County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes65%

Property tax
60%$46.3 million
Other taxes
4.9%$3.8 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$3.7 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$42 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$12.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; airport and 1 more
  • Other service charges$9.8 million
  • Airport$1.5 million
  • Road charges$907 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.4%

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

From the federal government
2.4%$1.8 million

State tax money10%

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

From the state
10%$8.0 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$217 thousand

Fines and other6.4%

Interest, rents and other
5.4%$4.1 million
Fines
1.0%$767 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails54%Roads, transit and parking17%Running the government and other costs15%Health and hospitals6.1%Sent to other local governments4.9%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

54%

of Grayson County's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 25%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
54%$38.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$15.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$9.9 million
  • Police$9.1 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$3.6 million
  • Fire protection$685 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
17%$11.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$10.1 million
  • Airports$1.7 million
  • Public transit$84 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$11.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.9 million
  • Government buildings$1.5 million
Health and hospitals
6.1%$4.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.4 million
Sent to other local governments
4.9%$3.5 million
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$2.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$1.5 million
Interest on debt
1.3%$930 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$602 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$602 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$302 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$157 thousand
  • Libraries$145 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$21 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Grayson County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Grayson County 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.