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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Brookfield took in $1.5 million and spent $1.1 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 taxes94%State tax money5.9%Fees for services0.5%Fines and other0.1%

What stands out

94%

of Brookfield's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Town taxes94%

Property tax
94%$1.4 million

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$7 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money5.9%

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

From the state
5.9%$90 thousand

Fines and other0.1%

Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$1 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking70%Running the government and other costs11%Health and hospitals9.9%Police, fire, courts and jails5.9%Parks, recreation and libraries1.7%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

10%

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

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
70%$764 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$764 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$118 thousand
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)$56 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$51 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$11 thousand
Health and hospitals
9.9%$108 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$108 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.9%$64 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$64 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$19 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$19 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$10 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$5 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Brookfield. 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 Brookfield 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.