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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Medford took in $19.8 million and spent $19.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)62%City taxes16%State tax money14%Fines and other5.2%County and local tax money2.8%

What stands out

62%

of Medford's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes16%

Property tax
15%$3.0 million
Other taxes
0.9%$168 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$77 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$46 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$45 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services62%

Fees for services
62%$12.3 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 5 more
  • Electric power$9.2 million
  • Sewer$1.5 million
  • Water$1.0 million
  • Garbage collection$383 thousand
  • Other service charges$156 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$42 thousand
  • Road charges$38 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$2.7 million

County and local tax money2.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.8%$563 thousand

Fines and other5.2%

Interest, rents and other
5.1%$1.0 million
Fines
0.1%$26 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities69%Roads, transit and parking11%Police, fire, courts and jails7.1%Running the government and other costs6.7%Parks, recreation and libraries4.2%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

69%

of Medford's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
69%$13.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$9.5 million
  • Sewer systems$1.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.1 million
  • Water supply$815 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$2.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$2.1 million
  • Parking$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.1%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Fire protection$107 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$65 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.7%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$545 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$404 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$259 thousand
  • Government buildings$80 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$13 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.2%$806 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$468 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$338 thousand
Interest on debt
2.0%$389 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Medford. 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 City of Medford 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.