City government · Trempealeau County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Blair took in $4.3 million and spent $3.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)46%City taxes18%State tax money17%Fines and other15%County and local tax money5.0%

What stands out

15%

of Blair's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 3%.

City taxes18%

Property tax
17%$730 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$26 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$20 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services46%

Fees for services
46%$2.0 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 4 more
  • Sewer$1.4 million
  • Water$423 thousand
  • Garbage collection$61 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$49 thousand
  • Other service charges$7 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money17%

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

From the state
17%$721 thousand

County and local tax money5.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
5.0%$214 thousand

Fines and other15%

Interest, rents and other
15%$640 thousand
Fines
0.1%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities55%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Running the government and other costs9.0%Parks, recreation and libraries8.8%Interest on debt6.4%All other spending7.1%

What stands out

55%

of Blair's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
55%$2.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$1.6 million
  • Water supply$502 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$74 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$529 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$275 thousand
  • Fire protection$216 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$38 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.0%$355 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)$195 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$94 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$33 thousand
  • Government buildings$33 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.8%$346 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$225 thousand
  • Libraries$121 thousand
Interest on debt
6.4%$252 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.0%$234 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$234 thousand
Housing and community development
0.9%$36 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$11 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$11 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Blair. 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 City of Blair 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.