Town government · Bennington County, VT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sunderland took in $1.0 million and spent $751 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes64%State tax money34%Fines and other1.7%Fees for services0.5%

What stands out

34%

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

Town taxes64%

Property tax
63%$652 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$5 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther government-run businesses
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$349 thousand

Fines and other1.7%

Interest, rents and other
1.4%$14 thousand
Fines
0.3%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking48%Running the government and other costs32%Sent to other local governments13%Police, fire, courts and jails5.9%Interest on debt1.2%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.3%

What stands out

13%

of Sunderland's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
48%$359 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$359 thousand
Running the government and other costs
32%$237 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$141 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$59 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$12 thousand
  • Government buildings$6 thousand
Sent to other local governments
13%$100 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$100 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.9%$44 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$31 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$13 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$9 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.3%$2 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sunderland. 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 Sunderland 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.