City government · Jim Wells County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Premont took in $3.0 million and spent $567 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fines and other45%Fees for services (water, garbage collection)39%City taxes16%

What stands out

45%

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

City taxes16%

Sales tax
8.5%$256 thousand
Property tax
7.3%$220 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services39%

Fees for services
39%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Water$473 thousand
  • Garbage collection$388 thousand
  • Sewer$318 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money<0.1%

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

From the state
<0.1%$1 thousand

Fines and other45%

Fines
45%$1.3 million
Interest, rents and other
0.3%$9 thousand

Where it goes

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

Police, fire, courts and jails66%Water, sewer, trash and utilities23%Running the government and other costs9.2%Interest on debt2.1%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
66%$375 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$348 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$27 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
23%$128 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$77 thousand
  • Water supply$51 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.2%$52 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$50 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$2 thousand
Interest on debt
2.1%$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Premont. 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 Premont 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.