Village government · Kenosha County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Bristol took in $7.3 million and spent $6.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)61%Village taxes29%State tax money5.9%Fines and other2.2%County and local tax money1.3%

What stands out

61%

of Bristol's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Village taxes29%

Property tax
23%$1.7 million
Other taxes
6.1%$443 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$387 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$42 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services61%

Fees for services
61%$4.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 5 more
  • Other service charges$2.1 million
  • Sewer$1.2 million
  • Garbage collection$560 thousand
  • Water$322 thousand
  • Road charges$217 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$65 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$21 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$2 thousand

State tax money5.9%

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

From the state
5.9%$430 thousand

County and local tax money1.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.3%$95 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.6%$116 thousand
Fines
0.6%$45 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking9.6%Running the government and other costs8.9%Interest on debt2.5%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

54%

of Bristol'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
54%$3.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$2.8 million
  • Water supply$484 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$395 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$1.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$1.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$55 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$31 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.6%$653 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$653 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.9%$600 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)$334 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$136 thousand
  • Government buildings$81 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$49 thousand
Interest on debt
2.5%$169 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$83 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$83 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$7 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Bristol. 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 Village of Bristol 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.