Town government · Orleans County, VT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Jay took in $4.1 million and spent $1.3 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 taxes87%State tax money12%Fees for services (sewer)0.8%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

87%

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

Town taxes87%

Property tax
87%$3.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses and other licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.8%

Fees for services
0.8%$33 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$30 thousand
  • Sewer$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$480 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$18 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs63%Roads, transit and parking34%Interest on debt3.5%

What stands out

63%

of Jay's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
63%$810 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$308 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$279 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$203 thousand
  • Government buildings$18 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
34%$440 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$440 thousand
Interest on debt
3.5%$46 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Jay. 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 Jay 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.