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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Franklin took in $1.1 million and spent $889 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fines and other65%State tax money29%Federal tax money5.6%Town taxes0.5%

What stands out

65%

of Franklin's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Town taxes0.5%

Property tax
0.3%$3 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Federal tax money5.6%

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

From the federal government
5.6%$64 thousand

State tax money29%

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

From the state
29%$337 thousand

Fines and other65%

Interest, rents and other
65%$743 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking57%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Running the government and other costs16%Interest on debt4.2%Health and hospitals3.6%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.4%

What stands out

19%

of Franklin's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
57%$508 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$508 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$165 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$153 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$12 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$143 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$75 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$38 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$20 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
Interest on debt
4.2%$37 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.6%$32 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$32 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Franklin. 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 Franklin 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.