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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Evansville took in $21.1 million and spent $27.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)61%City taxes22%Fines and other10%State tax money5.4%County and local tax money0.8%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

61%

of Evansville's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes22%

Property tax
20%$4.3 million
Other taxes
1.8%$377 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$271 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$79 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$27 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services61%

Fees for services
61%$12.9 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 7 more
  • Electric power$8.4 million
  • Sewer$1.9 million
  • Water$1.3 million
  • Other service charges$772 thousand
  • Garbage collection$402 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$59 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$52 thousand
  • Road charges$14 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$39 thousand

State tax money5.4%

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

From the state
5.4%$1.1 million

County and local tax money0.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.8%$174 thousand

Fines and other10%

Interest, rents and other
9.9%$2.1 million
Fines
0.5%$101 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities44%Parks, recreation and libraries35%Police, fire, courts and jails7.2%Roads, transit and parking4.4%Running the government and other costs3.8%All other spending5.6%

What stands out

35%

of Evansville's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
44%$12.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$9.2 million
  • Sewer systems$1.6 million
  • Water supply$1.0 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$424 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
35%$9.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$9.4 million
  • Libraries$444 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.2%$2.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.5 million
  • Fire protection$311 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$113 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$79 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.4%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.2 million
Running the government and other costs
3.8%$1.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$486 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$225 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$133 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$117 thousand
  • Government buildings$92 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.2%$902 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$902 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$671 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Evansville. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of City of Evansville 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.