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New Richmond's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), New Richmond took in $28.3 million and spent $30.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)55%City taxes28%State tax money6.2%Fines and other5.9%County and local tax money2.5%Federal tax money1.8%

What stands out

55%

of New Richmond'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 taxes28%

Property tax
24%$6.9 million
Other taxes
4.0%$1.1 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other selective sales taxes and 2 more
  • Other licenses$893 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$147 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$67 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$27 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services55%

Fees for services
55%$15.6 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 9 more
  • Electric power$10.6 million
  • Sewer$2.3 million
  • Water$2.2 million
  • Garbage collection$273 thousand
  • Airport$81 thousand
  • Other service charges$65 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$64 thousand
  • Housing$27 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$23 thousand
  • Road charges$19 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.8%

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

From the federal government
1.8%$504 thousand

State tax money6.2%

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

From the state
6.2%$1.8 million

County and local tax money2.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.5%$709 thousand

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.3%$1.5 million
Fines
0.6%$165 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities61%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Roads, transit and parking7.7%Running the government and other costs6.8%Parks, recreation and libraries6.0%All other spending2.4%

What stands out

61%

of New Richmond'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
61%$18.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$11.9 million
  • Sewer systems$3.8 million
  • Water supply$2.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$358 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$5.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$4.0 million
  • Fire protection$682 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$383 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$4 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.7%$2.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$2.0 million
  • Airports$204 thousand
  • Public transit$177 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.8%$2.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$958 thousand
  • Government buildings$403 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$393 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$316 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$25 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.0%$1.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.1 million
  • Libraries$762 thousand
Interest on debt
2.0%$631 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$115 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$115 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of New Richmond. 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 New Richmond 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.