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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Shrewsbury took in $3.2 million and spent $989 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 taxes50%State tax money49%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.8%Fines and other0.5%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

49%

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

Town taxes50%

Property tax
50%$1.6 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.8%

Fees for services
0.8%$24 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and other service charges
  • Garbage collection$21 thousand
  • Other service charges$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$5 thousand

State tax money49%

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

From the state
49%$1.6 million

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$15 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking57%Running the government and other costs35%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.4%Police, fire, courts and jails1.3%Interest on debt1.0%Parks, recreation and libraries0.9%

What stands out

5.4%

of Shrewsbury's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
57%$560 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$560 thousand
Running the government and other costs
35%$344 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$155 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$115 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$63 thousand
  • Government buildings$11 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.4%$53 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$53 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.3%$13 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services
  • Courts and legal services$13 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$10 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$9 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Shrewsbury. 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 Shrewsbury 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.