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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Brigham took in $788 thousand and spent $592 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes52%State tax money27%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)8.1%Federal tax money7.1%Fines and other5.7%

What stands out

8.1%

of Brigham'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 taxes52%

Property tax
48%$380 thousand
Other taxes
3.9%$31 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$29 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.1%

Fees for services
8.1%$64 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; road charges and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$60 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand
  • Other service charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.1%

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

From the federal government
7.1%$56 thousand

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$212 thousand

Fines and other5.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.7%$45 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.8%Health and hospitals1.5%Interest on debt0.5%

What stands out

10%

of Brigham'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
47%$281 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$281 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$142 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)$103 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$22 thousand
  • Government buildings$8 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$7 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$99 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$71 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$20 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$8 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.8%$58 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$58 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.5%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Brigham. 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 Brigham 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.