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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Eaton took in $926 thousand and spent $966 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes51%State tax money20%Fees for services (garbage collection)11%Federal tax money9.3%County and local tax money7.1%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

11%

of Eaton'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 taxes51%

Property tax
48%$449 thousand
Other taxes
2.8%$26 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$24 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$105 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$105 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.3%

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

From the federal government
9.3%$86 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$189 thousand

County and local tax money7.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
7.1%$66 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking44%Sent to other local governments17%Running the government and other costs17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities10%Police, fire, courts and jails9.8%Health and hospitals2.3%

What stands out

17%

of Eaton's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
44%$421 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$421 thousand
Sent to other local governments
17%$169 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$169 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$160 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)$83 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$36 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$30 thousand
  • Government buildings$11 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
10%$99 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$99 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.8%$95 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$73 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$11 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$9 thousand
  • Police$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.3%$22 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$22 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Eaton. 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 Eaton 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.