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Maple Valley's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Maple Valley took in $32.0 million and spent $25.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes63%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)14%State tax money9.2%County and local tax money8.1%Fines and other5.7%

What stands out

20%

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

City taxes63%

Other taxes
30%$9.5 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 4 more
  • Other licenses$3.6 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$3.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$2.4 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$397 thousand
  • Amusement taxes$75 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
20%$6.5 million
Property tax
14%$4.4 million

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$4.4 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Sewer$2.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.7 million
  • Other service charges$610 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money9.2%

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

From the state
9.2%$2.9 million

County and local tax money8.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
8.1%$2.6 million

Fines and other5.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.5%$1.8 million
Fines
0.2%$61 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking21%Running the government and other costs21%Parks, recreation and libraries14%Environment and natural resources14%All other spending6.0%

What stands out

14%

of Maple Valley's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$6.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$5.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$615 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$162 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$95 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
21%$5.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.5 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$5.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$659 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
14%$3.7 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$3.7 million
Environment and natural resources
14%$3.7 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3.7 million
Housing and community development
4.8%$1.2 million
Interest on debt
0.6%$151 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.3%$65 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$65 thousand
Social services
0.2%$54 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$54 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$24 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$24 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Maple Valley. 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 Maple Valley 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.