Town government · Waukesha County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Delafield took in $4.2 million and spent $4.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes56%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)19%State tax money12%Federal tax money11%Fines and other2.6%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

19%

of Delafield'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 taxes56%

Property tax
48%$2.0 million
Other taxes
7.6%$320 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$270 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$50 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services19%

Fees for services
19%$790 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; parks and recreation and 3 more
  • Garbage collection$667 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$70 thousand
  • Other service charges$27 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$21 thousand
  • Road charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$462 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$487 thousand

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.3%$12 thousand

Fines and other2.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.6%$69 thousand
Fines
0.9%$39 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking41%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Running the government and other costs13%Health and hospitals6.4%All other spending4.0%

What stands out

17%

of Delafield'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
41%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$761 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$466 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$166 thousand
  • Police$90 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$39 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$681 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$681 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$510 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)$181 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$129 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$128 thousand
  • Government buildings$72 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.4%$257 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$257 thousand
Interest on debt
2.5%$102 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$57 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$57 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Delafield. 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 Delafield 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.