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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Greenfield took in $490 thousand and spent $420 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes53%State tax money34%Fees for services (garbage collection)13%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

13%

of Greenfield'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 taxes53%

Property tax
52%$255 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$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.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$63 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$63 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$167 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking50%Water, sewer, trash and utilities15%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Running the government and other costs13%Health and hospitals6.7%

What stands out

15%

of Greenfield'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
50%$210 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$210 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
15%$65 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$65 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$61 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$60 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$56 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)$26 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$16 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$11 thousand
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.7%$28 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$28 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Greenfield. 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 Greenfield 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.