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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pacific took in $1.3 million and spent $654 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money65%Fines and other14%Federal tax money11%Town taxes7.3%Fees for services2.1%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

65%

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

Town taxes7.3%

Other taxes
3.8%$48 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$44 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
3.5%$45 thousand

Fees for services2.1%

Fees for services
2.1%$27 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and other government-run businesses
  • Other service charges$25 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$144 thousand

State tax money65%

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

From the state
65%$835 thousand

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.3%$4 thousand

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
14%$174 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs39%Roads, transit and parking25%Sent to other local governments18%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Health and hospitals0.5%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

18%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
39%$258 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)$100 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$91 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$40 thousand
  • Government buildings$20 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$7 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
25%$166 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$166 thousand
Sent to other local governments
18%$116 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$116 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$106 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$91 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$15 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$3 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Pacific. 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 Pacific 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.