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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lyndon took in $711 thousand and spent $593 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes39%State tax money26%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)22%Federal tax money10%Fines and other2.1%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

22%

of Lyndon's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes39%

Property tax
36%$255 thousand
Other taxes
3.4%$24 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$17 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$158 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$97 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$53 thousand
  • Other service charges$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

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

From the federal government
10%$73 thousand

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$185 thousand

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.1%$1 thousand

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$15 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Running the government and other costs20%Water, sewer, trash and utilities14%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Health and hospitals6.7%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

14%

of Lyndon's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
46%$275 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$275 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$120 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$61 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$30 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$27 thousand
  • Government buildings$2 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
14%$82 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$82 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$67 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$59 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$7 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.7%$40 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$40 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$8 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$8 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Lyndon. 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 Lyndon 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.