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

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

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)40%State tax money24%Village taxes23%Fines and other8.8%County and local tax money3.6%

What stands out

24%

of Highland's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

Village taxes23%

Property tax
23%$257 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$6 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$452 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$192 thousand
  • Sewer$157 thousand
  • Garbage collection$83 thousand
  • Other service charges$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money24%

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

From the state
24%$274 thousand

County and local tax money3.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.6%$41 thousand

Fines and other8.8%

Interest, rents and other
8.7%$98 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities38%Running the government and other costs22%Roads, transit and parking19%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Interest on debt7.0%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

7%

of Highland's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
38%$440 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$191 thousand
  • Sewer systems$173 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$76 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$248 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$183 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$31 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$30 thousand
  • Government buildings$4 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
19%$222 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$222 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$137 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$71 thousand
  • Police$66 thousand
Interest on debt
7.0%$80 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$11 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$11 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 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

Village of Highland. 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 Village of Highland 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.