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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Shoreline took in $138 million and spent $119 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes48%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)24%County and local tax money13%Fines and other8.9%State tax money5.2%

What stands out

13%

of Shoreline's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 0.9%.

City taxes48%

Property tax
18%$24.7 million
Other taxes
16%$22.0 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 6 more
  • Other licenses$6.8 million
  • Public utility taxes$4.8 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$4.1 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$3.2 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.6 million
  • Amusement taxes$1.3 million
  • Public utility licenses$175 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$65 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
14%$20.0 million

Fees for services24%

Fees for services
24%$33.8 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 1 more
  • Sewer$30.0 million
  • Other service charges$2.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money5.2%

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

From the state
5.2%$7.2 million

County and local tax money13%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
13%$18.1 million

Fines and other8.9%

Interest, rents and other
8.8%$12.1 million
Fines
0.2%$250 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs22%Roads, transit and parking21%Water, sewer, trash and utilities21%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Environment and natural resources10%All other spending9.9%

What stands out

10%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
22%$25.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$12.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$7.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
21%$25.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$24.4 million
  • Public transit$832 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
21%$24.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$24.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$19.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$14.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$3.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$706 thousand
Environment and natural resources
10%$12.2 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$12.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.7%$6.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$6.8 million
Interest on debt
4.0%$4.8 million
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$110 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$110 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Shoreline. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of City of Shoreline 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.