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El Paso's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), El Paso took in $650 thousand and spent $568 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes58%State tax money39%Fees for services (road charges)2.2%Fines and other0.9%

What stands out

39%

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

Town taxes58%

Property tax
57%$369 thousand
Other taxes
0.8%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.2%

Fees for services
2.2%$14 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges
  • Road charges$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$256 thousand

Fines and other0.9%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking82%Running the government and other costs11%Police, fire, courts and jails3.9%Health and hospitals2.8%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.4%Sent to other local governments0.2%

What stands out

82%

of El Paso's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
82%$466 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$466 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$61 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$31 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$20 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$22 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$22 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.8%$16 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$16 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$2 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$2 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of El Paso. 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 El Paso 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.