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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Aztalan took in $691 thousand and spent $600 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)35%Town taxes30%State tax money22%Federal tax money11%County and local tax money0.7%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

35%

of Aztalan'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 taxes30%

Property tax
28%$194 thousand
Other taxes
2.3%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other licenses and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$8 thousand
  • Other licenses$7 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services35%

Fees for services
35%$245 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$137 thousand
  • Garbage collection$107 thousand
  • Road charges$1 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%$78 thousand

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$150 thousand

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.7%$5 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking35%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Running the government and other costs19%Health and hospitals0.7%

What stands out

20%

of Aztalan'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
35%$212 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$212 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$151 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$150 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$118 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$118 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$115 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$57 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$42 thousand
  • Government buildings$9 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.7%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Aztalan. 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 Aztalan 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.