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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Cornell took in $3.5 million and spent $3.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)53%State tax money22%City taxes12%County and local tax money6.8%Fines and other5.8%

What stands out

6.8%

of Cornell's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes12%

Property tax
12%$417 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$21 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$18 thousand
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services53%

Fees for services
53%$1.9 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 4 more
  • Electric power$1.2 million
  • Sewer$409 thousand
  • Water$241 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
  • Other service charges$2 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$780 thousand

County and local tax money6.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
6.8%$240 thousand

Fines and other5.8%

Interest, rents and other
5.8%$203 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities50%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Roads, transit and parking14%Interest on debt8.0%Running the government and other costs4.7%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

8%

of Cornell's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
50%$1.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$1.1 million
  • Water supply$390 thousand
  • Sewer systems$207 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$31 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$557 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$338 thousand
  • Fire protection$200 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$19 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$511 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$511 thousand
Interest on debt
8.0%$285 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.7%$169 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$124 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$20 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$13 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.9%$141 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$90 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$51 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.7%$61 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$61 thousand
Housing and community development
1.7%$60 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$22 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$22 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Cornell. 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 Cornell 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.