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Green Bay's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Green Bay took in $842 thousand and spent $671 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes47%State tax money22%Fees for services (garbage collection)16%Federal tax money14%Fines and other0.8%

What stands out

16%

of Green Bay's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes47%

Property tax
45%$383 thousand
Other taxes
1.8%$15 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$12 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$134 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and other service charges
  • Garbage collection$133 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 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%$114 thousand

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$189 thousand

Fines and other0.8%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking44%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs16%Health and hospitals4.2%Environment and natural resources0.1%

What stands out

20%

of Green Bay'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
44%$293 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$293 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$136 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$136 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$108 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$99 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$7 thousand
  • Police$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$105 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$52 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$29 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$24 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.2%$28 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$28 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Green Bay. 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 Green Bay 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.