Town government · Waupaca County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Harrison took in $314 thousand and spent $248 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes47%State tax money44%Federal tax money7.6%Fees for services0.6%Fines and other0.3%

What stands out

44%

of Harrison's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes47%

Property tax
46%$145 thousand
Other taxes
1.3%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.6%

Fees for services
0.6%$2 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.6%

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

From the federal government
7.6%$24 thousand

State tax money44%

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

From the state
44%$138 thousand

Fines and other0.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking60%Running the government and other costs25%Police, fire, courts and jails7.7%Health and hospitals6.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.8%

What stands out

6.5%

of Harrison'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
60%$148 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$148 thousand
Running the government and other costs
25%$63 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)$37 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$21 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$3 thousand
  • Government buildings$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.7%$19 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$17 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.5%$16 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$16 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.8%$2 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Harrison. 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 Harrison 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.