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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lincoln took in $344 thousand and spent $300 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money38%Town taxes32%Fines and other23%Federal tax money4.7%County and local tax money1.2%Fees for services0.3%

What stands out

23%

of Lincoln's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Town taxes32%

Property tax
32%$109 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$1 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther government-run businesses
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.7%

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

From the federal government
4.7%$16 thousand

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$132 thousand

County and local tax money1.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.2%$4 thousand

Fines and other23%

Interest, rents and other
23%$80 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking69%Running the government and other costs20%Health and hospitals6.3%Police, fire, courts and jails2.3%Interest on debt2.0%

What stands out

6.3%

of Lincoln'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
69%$207 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$207 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$61 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)$31 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$14 thousand
  • Government buildings$9 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$6 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.3%$19 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$19 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.3%$7 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$7 thousand
Interest on debt
2.0%$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Lincoln. 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 Lincoln 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.