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Medical Lake's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Medical Lake took in $6.6 million and spent $5.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)40%City taxes37%State tax money20%Fines and other2.5%

What stands out

12%

of Medical Lake's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes37%

Other taxes
16%$1.0 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Public utility taxes$710 thousand
  • Other licenses$193 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$131 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
12%$808 thousand
Property tax
9.2%$604 thousand

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$2.6 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 3 more
  • Sewer$1.1 million
  • Water$695 thousand
  • Garbage collection$628 thousand
  • Other service charges$188 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$1.3 million

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$163 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities50%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Running the government and other costs11%Roads, transit and parking9.7%Parks, recreation and libraries6.6%All other spending5.4%

What stands out

50%

of Medical Lake's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
50%$2.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$1.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$666 thousand
  • Water supply$655 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$865 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$627 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$124 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$104 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$10 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$530 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$229 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$194 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$107 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.7%$485 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$485 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.6%$329 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$323 thousand
  • Libraries$6 thousand
Sent to other local governments
2.5%$125 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$125 thousand
Environment and natural resources
2.3%$115 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$115 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$22 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Medical Lake. 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 Medical Lake 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.