Town government · Bennington County, VT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Arlington took in $1.6 million and spent $3.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes61%State tax money28%Fees for services (parks and recreation, road charges)6.9%Fines and other4.8%

What stands out

15%

of Arlington's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes61%

Property tax
46%$746 thousand
Other taxes
15%$244 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$242 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.9%

Fees for services
6.9%$112 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$97 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$9 thousand
  • Road charges$4 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money28%

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

From the state
28%$452 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$66 thousand
Fines
0.8%$13 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking41%Running the government and other costs33%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Police, fire, courts and jails9.1%Health and hospitals3.4%All other spending2.9%

What stands out

11%

of Arlington's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
41%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Running the government and other costs
33%$1.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$27 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$342 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$183 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$159 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.1%$295 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$213 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$82 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.4%$112 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$112 thousand
Social services
1.5%$48 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$48 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$29 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$16 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$16 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Arlington. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. 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 Town of Arlington 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.