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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Arlington took in $724 thousand and spent $702 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes54%State tax money23%Fines and other11%Federal tax money5.9%Fees for services3.0%County and local tax money2.1%

What stands out

11%

of Arlington's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Town taxes54%

Property tax
54%$390 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.0%

Fees for services
3.0%$22 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and other government-run businesses
  • Other service charges$21 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.9%

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

From the federal government
5.9%$43 thousand

State tax money23%

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

From the state
23%$170 thousand

County and local tax money2.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.1%$15 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$81 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking64%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs12%Health and hospitals6.6%Interest on debt1.1%Parks, recreation and libraries0.1%

What stands out

6.6%

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

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
64%$452 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$452 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$110 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$87 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$12 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$11 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$85 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$42 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$27 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.6%$46 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$46 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$8 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$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 Arlington. 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 Town of Arlington 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.