Town government · Rock County, WI

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

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

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes39%State tax money26%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)21%Federal tax money13%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

21%

of Rock's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes39%

Property tax
27%$361 thousand
Other taxes
11%$148 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$115 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$33 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$276 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; road charges and 2 more
  • Garbage collection$249 thousand
  • Road charges$17 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money13%

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

From the federal government
13%$167 thousand

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$342 thousand

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.6%$21 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking32%Police, fire, courts and jails31%Water, sewer, trash and utilities21%Running the government and other costs14%Parks, recreation and libraries1.1%All other spending0.7%

What stands out

21%

of Rock's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
32%$368 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$368 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
31%$348 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$275 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$38 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$33 thousand
  • Police$2 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
21%$244 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$244 thousand
Running the government and other costs
14%$159 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)$73 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$56 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$13 thousand
  • Government buildings$10 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$7 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.1%$13 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$7 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$7 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Rock. 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 Rock 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.