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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Empire took in $1.1 million and spent $864 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes59%State tax money26%Federal tax money14%Fees for services (road charges)1.4%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

14%

of Empire's money comes from federal tax money.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes59%

Property tax
52%$562 thousand
Other taxes
6.2%$67 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$30 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$27 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.4%

Fees for services
1.4%$15 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and road charges
  • Other service charges$13 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money14%

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

From the federal government
14%$148 thousand

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$276 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking35%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Health and hospitals14%Running the government and other costs11%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

20%

of Empire'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
35%$301 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$301 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$173 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$172 thousand
  • Sewer systems$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$163 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$138 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$20 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
14%$124 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$124 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$94 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)$56 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$28 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$9 thousand
  • Government buildings$1 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$5 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Empire. 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 Empire 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.