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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Edgewood took in $17.6 million and spent $17.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes53%State tax money22%Fees for services (sewer)15%Fines and other10%

What stands out

13%

of Edgewood's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people get none.

City taxes53%

Other taxes
28%$4.9 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 2 more
  • Other licenses$1.8 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$1.6 million
  • Public utility taxes$1.5 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$40 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
13%$2.3 million
Property tax
12%$2.0 million

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$2.7 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer and other service charges
  • Sewer$2.0 million
  • Other service charges$715 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$3.8 million

Fines and other10%

Fines
5.4%$948 thousand
Interest, rents and other
4.8%$838 thousand

Where it goes

Parks, recreation and libraries24%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking17%Running the government and other costs13%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.8%All other spending14%

What stands out

24%

of Edgewood's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 5.6%.

Spending by category100%

Parks, recreation and libraries
24%$4.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$3.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$3.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$306 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$3 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
17%$2.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.9 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$2.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5.1 million
  • Government buildings$274 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$150 thousand
  • Other and not broken out-$3.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.8%$1.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$1.7 million
Housing and community development
9.2%$1.6 million
Interest on debt
2.9%$490 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$180 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$180 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$58 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$58 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Edgewood. 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 City of Edgewood 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.