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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Forest took in $506 thousand and spent $553 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money40%Town taxes39%Federal tax money20%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)0.8%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

20%

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

Town taxes39%

Property tax
39%$195 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.8%

Fees for services
0.8%$4 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges and garbage collection
  • Road charges$2 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money20%

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

From the federal government
20%$101 thousand

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$203 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking66%Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails3.3%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.3%Health and hospitals2.4%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

3.3%

of Forest'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
66%$364 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$364 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$133 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$72 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$23 thousand
  • Government buildings$20 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$16 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.3%$18 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$18 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.3%$18 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$18 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.4%$13 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$13 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$6 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Forest. 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 Forest 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.