Village government · Lafayette County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Argyle took in $2.1 million and spent $2.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)51%State tax money25%Village taxes11%Fines and other8.3%County and local tax money4.5%

What stands out

25%

of Argyle's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

Village taxes11%

Property tax
11%$227 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$11 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$8 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services51%

Fees for services
51%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 4 more
  • Electric power$611 thousand
  • Sewer$256 thousand
  • Other service charges$78 thousand
  • Water$72 thousand
  • Garbage collection$45 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money25%

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

From the state
25%$526 thousand

County and local tax money4.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.5%$95 thousand

Fines and other8.3%

Interest, rents and other
8.2%$174 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities47%Running the government and other costs17%Health and hospitals14%Police, fire, courts and jails9.6%Roads, transit and parking9.0%All other spending3.9%

What stands out

14%

of Argyle's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
47%$1.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$674 thousand
  • Sewer systems$217 thousand
  • Water supply$175 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$35 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$403 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$321 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$54 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Government buildings$7 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
14%$329 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$329 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.6%$226 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$125 thousand
  • Fire protection$76 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$25 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.0%$213 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$213 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.0%$70 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$35 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$35 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Argyle. 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 Village of Argyle 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.