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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Aurora took in $482 thousand and spent $281 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money37%Town taxes26%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)14%Fines and other12%Federal tax money11%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

14%

of Aurora's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes26%

Property tax
24%$116 thousand
Other taxes
1.5%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$67 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and parks and recreation
  • Garbage collection$65 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

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%$53 thousand

State tax money37%

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

From the state
37%$179 thousand

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$3 thousand

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
12%$57 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking37%Water, sewer, trash and utilities25%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Health and hospitals3.2%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

25%

of Aurora's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
37%$104 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$104 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
25%$70 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$70 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$60 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$24 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$17 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$13 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$31 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$31 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.2%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Interest on debt
1.8%$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Aurora. 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 Aurora 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.