County government · Summers County, WV

Summers County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Summers County took in $6.6 million and spent $6.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes49%Fees for services24%Federal tax money11%Fines and other8.8%State tax money7.1%

What stands out

24%

of Summers County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes49%

Property tax
41%$2.7 million
Other taxes
8.0%$528 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; other selective sales taxes and 2 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$268 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$250 thousand
  • Other licenses$8 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services24%

Fees for services
24%$1.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.6 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
11%$721 thousand

State tax money7.1%

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

From the state
7.1%$471 thousand

Fines and other8.8%

Interest, rents and other
7.8%$516 thousand
Fines
1.0%$67 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs57%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Health and hospitals16%Parks, recreation and libraries5.0%Sent to other local governments1.5%Environment and natural resources0.1%

What stands out

57%

of Summers County's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
57%$3.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$1.4 million
Health and hospitals
16%$1.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.0%$324 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$324 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$99 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$99 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$7 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Summers County. 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 Summers County 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.