City government · Oconto County, WI

Oconto Falls's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Oconto Falls took in $8.5 million and spent $8.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)64%City taxes16%State tax money10%Fines and other4.8%County and local tax money4.4%Federal tax money1.4%

What stands out

64%

of Oconto Falls' 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%$1.3 million
Other taxes
0.6%$55 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$33 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$22 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services64%

Fees for services
64%$5.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 6 more
  • Electric power$3.2 million
  • Sewer$1.2 million
  • Water$804 thousand
  • Garbage collection$105 thousand
  • Road charges$22 thousand
  • Other service charges$14 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$10 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.4%

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

From the federal government
1.4%$120 thousand

State tax money10%

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

From the state
10%$846 thousand

County and local tax money4.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.4%$371 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.5%$386 thousand
Fines
0.3%$24 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Roads, transit and parking11%Interest on debt9.7%Running the government and other costs6.7%All other spending4.7%

What stands out

10%

of Oconto Falls' spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
54%$4.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$3.0 million
  • Sewer systems$787 thousand
  • Water supply$550 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$200 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$1.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$820 thousand
  • Fire protection$289 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$63 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$13 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$903 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$903 thousand
Interest on debt
9.7%$807 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.7%$560 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)$238 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$138 thousand
  • Government buildings$118 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$55 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.9%$328 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$191 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$137 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$41 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$41 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$12 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$12 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$10 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$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Oconto Falls. 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 Oconto Falls 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.