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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Emmet took in $455 thousand and spent $347 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money42%Town taxes32%Fees for services (garbage collection)13%Federal tax money11%Fines and other1.5%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

13%

of Emmet'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 taxes32%

Property tax
32%$147 thousand

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$59 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and other service charges
  • Garbage collection$58 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 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%$49 thousand

State tax money42%

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

From the state
42%$191 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$2 thousand

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking52%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails6.6%Health and hospitals4.9%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

17%

of Emmet'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
52%$182 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$182 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$60 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$60 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$56 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)$28 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Government buildings$9 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.6%$23 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$23 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.9%$17 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$17 thousand
Interest on debt
2.0%$7 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$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 Emmet. 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 Emmet 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.