City government · Hale County, TX

Hale Center's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Hale Center took in $2.4 million and spent $2.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)42%State tax money25%City taxes22%Fines and other5.9%County and local tax money4.7%

What stands out

25%

of Hale Center's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes22%

Property tax
12%$288 thousand
Sales tax
5.6%$133 thousand
Other taxes
4.6%$108 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$98 thousand
  • Other licenses$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services42%

Fees for services
42%$992 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Water$438 thousand
  • Garbage collection$210 thousand
  • Other service charges$193 thousand
  • Sewer$151 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money25%

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

From the state
25%$585 thousand

County and local tax money4.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.7%$111 thousand

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$85 thousand
Fines
2.3%$54 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities36%Police, fire, courts and jails32%Health and hospitals14%Running the government and other costs9.5%Roads, transit and parking4.8%All other spending3.5%

What stands out

14%

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

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
36%$850 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Water supply$539 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$170 thousand
  • Sewer systems$141 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$768 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$768 thousand
Health and hospitals
14%$329 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$329 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.5%$224 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$213 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$11 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.8%$113 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$113 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.4%$81 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$63 thousand
  • Libraries$18 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hale Center. 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 Hale Center 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.