Town government · Orange County, VT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Orange took in $1.7 million and spent $720 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes89%State tax money7.8%Fines and other2.5%Fees for services0.6%

What stands out

88%

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

Town taxes89%

Property tax
88%$1.5 million
Other taxes
0.6%$10 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.6%

Fees for services
0.6%$11 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.8%

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

From the state
7.8%$134 thousand

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other
2.4%$42 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking65%Running the government and other costs27%Health and hospitals6.7%Social services0.7%Interest on debt0.6%Schools and colleges0.1%

What stands out

6.7%

of Orange'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
65%$470 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$470 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$192 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$147 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$45 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.7%$48 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$48 thousand
Social services
0.7%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$4 thousand
Schools and colleges
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Orange. 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 Orange 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.