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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Deerfield took in $885 thousand and spent $1.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes57%State tax money22%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)11%Federal tax money10%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

10%

of Deerfield's money comes from federal tax money.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes57%

Property tax
52%$462 thousand
Other taxes
4.6%$41 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$40 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$97 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; road charges and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$95 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

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

From the federal government
10%$90 thousand

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$191 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking70%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Running the government and other costs6.0%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.5%Health and hospitals2.2%All other spending2.4%

What stands out

5.5%

of Deerfield'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
70%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$205 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$187 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$10 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
  • Police$3 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.0%$91 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)$45 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$24 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$10 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.5%$84 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$84 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.2%$34 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$34 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.5%$23 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$23 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Deerfield. 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 Deerfield 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.