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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lynn took in $635 thousand and spent $400 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money54%Town taxes32%Federal tax money7.2%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)4.6%County and local tax money2.0%

What stands out

54%

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

Town taxes32%

Property tax
32%$201 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$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 services4.6%

Fees for services
4.6%$29 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Road charges$16 thousand
  • Garbage collection$8 thousand
  • Other service charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.2%

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

From the federal government
7.2%$46 thousand

State tax money54%

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

From the state
54%$344 thousand

County and local tax money2.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.0%$13 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking57%Sent to other local governments14%Running the government and other costs12%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.8%Police, fire, courts and jails6.5%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

14%

of Lynn's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
57%$228 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$228 thousand
Sent to other local governments
14%$54 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$54 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$47 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)$22 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$12 thousand
  • Government buildings$6 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$3 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.8%$39 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$39 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.5%$26 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$26 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.3%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Lynn. 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 Lynn 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.