Town government · Rutland County, VT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Mendon took in $1.7 million and spent $813 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes72%State tax money26%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

72%

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

Town taxes72%

Property tax

72%$1.3 million

Other taxes

0.2%$3 thousand

What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses

Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand
Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money26%

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

From the state

26%$460 thousand

Fines and other1.6%

Fines

1.3%$22 thousand

Interest, rents and other

0.3%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs47%Roads, transit and parking38%Police, fire, courts and jails5.5%Sent to other local governments4.4%Parks, recreation and libraries3.8%Interest on debt1.2%

What stands out

47%

of Mendon'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

47%$382 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)$335 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$47 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

38%$309 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$309 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

5.5%$45 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice

Police$45 thousand

Sent to other local governments

4.4%$36 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$36 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

3.8%$31 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries

Libraries$31 thousand

Interest on debt

1.2%$10 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Mendon. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. 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 Mendon 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.