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West Milford's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), West Milford took in $475 thousand and spent $218 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Federal tax money56%Fees for services (garbage collection)16%County and local tax money14%Town taxes7.6%Fines and other5.9%

What stands out

56%

of West Milford's money comes from federal tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes7.6%

Other taxes

7.6%$36 thousand

What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses

Occupation and business licenses$34 thousand
Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services

16%$78 thousand

What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection

Garbage collection$78 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money56%

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

From the federal government

56%$268 thousand

County and local tax money14%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

14%$65 thousand

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other

5.9%$28 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails56%Running the government and other costs31%Sent to other local governments5.5%Health and hospitals4.6%Interest on debt2.8%Parks, recreation and libraries0.5%

What stands out

56%

of West Milford's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails

56%$121 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more

Police$66 thousand
Fire protection$52 thousand
Courts and legal services$3 thousand

Running the government and other costs

31%$68 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$68 thousand

Sent to other local governments

5.5%$12 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$8 thousand
Sent to the state government$4 thousand

Health and hospitals

4.6%$10 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$10 thousand

Interest on debt

2.8%$6 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

0.5%$1 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries

Libraries$1 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of West Milford. 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 Town of West Milford 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.