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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Germantown took in $1.2 million and spent $1.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes52%State tax money39%Federal tax money7.1%Fines and other1.2%Fees for services (parks and recreation)0.9%

What stands out

7.1%

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

Town taxes52%

Property tax
46%$568 thousand
Other taxes
6.2%$77 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$73 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.9%

Fees for services
0.9%$11 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$10 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.1%

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

From the federal government
7.1%$88 thousand

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$487 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$14 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking43%Running the government and other costs22%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Health and hospitals9.9%Parks, recreation and libraries8.4%All other spending4.2%

What stands out

10%

of Germantown's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
43%$463 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$463 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$233 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)$129 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$63 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$33 thousand
  • Government buildings$8 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$139 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$96 thousand
  • Police$29 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$14 thousand
Health and hospitals
9.9%$106 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$106 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.4%$90 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$90 thousand
Interest on debt
3.1%$33 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.1%$12 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Germantown. 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 Germantown 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.