Town government · Polk County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Beaver took in $443 thousand and spent $410 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money51%Town taxes39%Federal tax money9.9%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.2%

What stands out

51%

of Beaver's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes39%

Property tax
37%$166 thousand
Other taxes
1.1%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.9%

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

From the federal government
9.9%$44 thousand

State tax money51%

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

From the state
51%$227 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking69%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Health and hospitals2.7%

What stands out

69%

of Beaver's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
69%$282 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$282 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$67 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)$37 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$14 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$11 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$50 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$44 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$4 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.7%$11 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$11 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.