Town government · Oconto County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), How took in $357 thousand and spent $502 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money53%Town taxes45%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)1.4%County and local tax money0.6%Fines and other0.3%

What stands out

53%

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

Town taxes45%

Property tax
44%$158 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.4%

Fees for services
1.4%$5 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and road charges
  • Garbage collection$4 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money53%

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

From the state
53%$190 thousand

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$2 thousand

Fines and other0.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking73%Running the government and other costs15%Police, fire, courts and jails4.4%Parks, recreation and libraries3.2%Health and hospitals2.6%All other spending2.4%

What stands out

73%

of How's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
73%$365 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$365 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$74 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$40 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$16 thousand
  • Government buildings$11 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.4%$22 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$19 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.2%$16 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$11 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.6%$13 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$13 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.2%$11 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$11 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of How. 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 How 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.