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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Beaver took in $566 thousand and spent $385 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money45%County and local tax money24%Town taxes17%Federal tax money8.1%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)5.7%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

24%

of Beaver's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes17%

Property tax
17%$96 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.7%

Fees for services
5.7%$32 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges; other service charges and 1 more
  • Road charges$19 thousand
  • Other service charges$12 thousand
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.1%

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

From the federal government
8.1%$46 thousand

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$253 thousand

County and local tax money24%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
24%$137 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking69%Water, sewer, trash and utilities12%Running the government and other costs10%Police, fire, courts and jails7.3%Health and hospitals0.8%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

12%

of Beaver'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
69%$265 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$265 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
12%$45 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$45 thousand
Running the government and other costs
10%$39 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)$22 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$14 thousand
  • Government buildings$2 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.3%$28 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$28 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.8%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Beaver. 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 Beaver 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.