Town government · Addison County, VT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Salisbury took in $1.0 million and spent $956 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes58%State tax money37%Fees for services (road charges)2.4%Federal tax money1.1%Fines and other0.9%

What stands out

37%

of Salisbury's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes58%

Property tax
58%$596 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.4%

Fees for services
2.4%$25 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; other government-run businesses and 1 more
  • Other service charges$23 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
1.1%$11 thousand

State tax money37%

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

From the state
37%$382 thousand

Fines and other0.9%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking55%Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails6.5%Environment and natural resources3.1%Interest on debt2.8%All other spending8.3%

What stands out

3.1%

of Salisbury's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
55%$525 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$525 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$233 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$140 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$52 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$30 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.5%$62 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$44 thousand
  • Police$14 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$4 thousand
Environment and natural resources
3.1%$30 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$30 thousand
Interest on debt
2.8%$27 thousand
Social services
2.3%$22 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$22 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.2%$21 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$19 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$19 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$14 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$13 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Salisbury. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Salisbury 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.