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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Caledonia took in $738 thousand and spent $638 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes47%State tax money20%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)16%Federal tax money12%Fines and other4.3%

What stands out

16%

of Caledonia'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 taxes47%

Property tax
44%$323 thousand
Other taxes
3.4%$25 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$24 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$119 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; road charges and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$102 thousand
  • Road charges$9 thousand
  • Other service charges$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

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

From the federal government
12%$88 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$151 thousand

Fines and other4.3%

Interest, rents and other
4.2%$31 thousand
Fines
0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking50%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities13%Health and hospitals3.3%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

13%

of Caledonia'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
50%$319 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$319 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$112 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$51 thousand
  • Government buildings$26 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$18 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$17 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$87 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$47 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$21 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$19 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
13%$86 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$86 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.3%$21 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$8 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.8%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Caledonia. 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 Caledonia 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.