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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lena took in $414 thousand and spent $437 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money47%Town taxes39%Federal tax money9.4%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)1.7%County and local tax money1.7%Fines and other1.0%

What stands out

9.4%

of Lena's money comes from federal tax money.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes39%

Property tax
39%$160 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.7%

Fees for services
1.7%$7 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$3 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.4%

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

From the federal government
9.4%$39 thousand

State tax money47%

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

From the state
47%$196 thousand

County and local tax money1.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.7%$7 thousand

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking71%Running the government and other costs13%Police, fire, courts and jails7.1%Parks, recreation and libraries5.9%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.3%All other spending0.7%

What stands out

5.9%

of Lena's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
71%$309 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$309 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$58 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)$26 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$18 thousand
  • Government buildings$11 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.1%$31 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$30 thousand
  • Police$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.9%$26 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$25 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.3%$10 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$10 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Lena. 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 Lena 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.