County government · Buffalo County, WI

Buffalo County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Buffalo County took in $15.9 million and spent $13.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes51%State tax money40%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, garbage collection)5.7%Fines and other2.5%Local tax money0.3%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

40%

of Buffalo County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes51%

Property tax
44%$7.0 million
Sales tax
6.7%$1.1 million
Other taxes
0.9%$141 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$77 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$63 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.7%

Fees for services
5.7%$902 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks, land and natural resources and 1 more
  • Other service charges$776 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$72 thousand
  • Garbage collection$54 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$36 thousand

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$6.3 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$48 thousand

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$332 thousand
Fines
0.5%$74 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs25%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Social services22%Roads, transit and parking18%Health and hospitals4.4%All other spending5.9%

What stands out

22%

of Buffalo County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
25%$3.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$732 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$575 thousand
  • Government buildings$355 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$3.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$1.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$623 thousand
Social services
22%$3.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
18%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.5 million
Health and hospitals
4.4%$602 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$602 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.6%$495 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$377 thousand
  • Libraries$118 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.5%$208 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$208 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$102 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Buffalo County. 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 Buffalo County 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.