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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Garland took in $10.1 million and spent $9.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection, water)45%State tax money41%City taxes11%Fines and other2.9%

What stands out

41%

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

City taxes11%

Property tax
5.0%$508 thousand
Sales tax
4.5%$459 thousand
Other taxes
1.6%$164 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$96 thousand
  • Other licenses$65 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services45%

Fees for services
45%$4.6 million
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; water and 3 more
  • Garbage collection$3.4 million
  • Water$521 thousand
  • Sewer$459 thousand
  • Other service charges$140 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$73 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$4.1 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.7%$269 thousand
Fines
0.2%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities83%Police, fire, courts and jails7.8%Parks, recreation and libraries3.8%Running the government and other costs2.6%Roads, transit and parking1.3%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

83%

of Garland's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
83%$8.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$7.6 million
  • Water supply$251 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$96 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.8%$746 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$447 thousand
  • Fire protection$235 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$64 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.8%$364 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$293 thousand
  • Libraries$71 thousand
Running the government and other costs
2.6%$246 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and finance, tax collection and budgeting
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$228 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$18 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.3%$122 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$122 thousand
Housing and community development
0.8%$76 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$21 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Garland. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Garland 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.