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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Eldorado took in $920 thousand and spent $690 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes53%State tax money26%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)12%Federal tax money8.4%Fines and other1.0%

What stands out

12%

of Eldorado'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 taxes53%

Property tax
51%$472 thousand
Other taxes
2.0%$18 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$11 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$107 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$103 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$3 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.4%

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

From the federal government
8.4%$77 thousand

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$237 thousand

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Running the government and other costs13%Police, fire, courts and jails10%Health and hospitals7.4%All other spending7.1%

What stands out

16%

of Eldorado'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
47%$324 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$309 thousand
  • Parking$15 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$110 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$110 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$87 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)$59 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$69 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$37 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$26 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$6 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.4%$51 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$51 thousand
Interest on debt
6.2%$43 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$6 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Eldorado. 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 Eldorado 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.