Town government · Bayfield County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Delta took in $526 thousand and spent $445 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money64%Town taxes32%Federal tax money2.7%Fines and other1.0%Fees for services (road charges)0.2%

What stands out

64%

of Delta's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes32%

Property tax
32%$167 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.7%

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

From the federal government
2.7%$14 thousand

State tax money64%

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

From the state
64%$337 thousand

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking63%Running the government and other costs13%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.9%Police, fire, courts and jails6.7%Health and hospitals5.8%Interest on debt1.6%

What stands out

10%

of Delta'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
63%$279 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$279 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$59 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)$42 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$13 thousand
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.9%$44 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$44 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.7%$30 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$30 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.8%$26 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$26 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Delta. 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 Delta 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.