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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Woodbury took in $1.2 million and spent $1.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes67%State tax money30%Fees for services (road charges)2.9%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

30%

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

Town taxes67%

Property tax
65%$758 thousand
Other taxes
1.7%$20 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.9%

Fees for services
2.9%$34 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges
  • Road charges$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money30%

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

From the state
30%$350 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking57%Running the government and other costs20%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Parks, recreation and libraries3.9%Sent to other local governments1.5%All other spending0.2%

What stands out

17%

of Woodbury's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
57%$605 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$605 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$215 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$89 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$67 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$43 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$179 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$176 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$2 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.9%$41 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$41 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$16 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$16 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions
  • Welfare institutions$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Woodbury. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Woodbury 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.