Town government · Oconto County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Mountain took in $1.1 million and spent $1.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes54%State tax money36%Fines and other4.7%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)3.6%County and local tax money1.5%Federal tax money0.5%

What stands out

36%

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

Town taxes54%

Property tax
53%$586 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.6%

Fees for services
3.6%$40 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$23 thousand
  • Garbage collection$12 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.5%

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

From the federal government
0.5%$5 thousand

State tax money36%

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

From the state
36%$397 thousand

County and local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.5%$16 thousand

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other
4.7%$52 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking35%Health and hospitals18%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Running the government and other costs12%Parks, recreation and libraries12%All other spending8.7%

What stands out

18%

of Mountain'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
35%$465 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$465 thousand
Health and hospitals
18%$235 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$235 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$200 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$193 thousand
  • Police$7 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$167 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$68 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$33 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$32 thousand
  • Government buildings$25 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
12%$154 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$131 thousand
  • Libraries$23 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.4%$99 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$99 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$18 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Mountain. 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 Mountain 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.