Town government · Ashland County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sanborn took in $492 thousand and spent $408 thousand.

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

See every government that serves your ZIP

Where it comes from

Town taxes50%State tax money48%Fees for services (road charges)1.2%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

48%

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

Town taxes50%

Property tax
50%$244 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.2%

Fees for services
1.2%$6 thousand
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges
  • Road charges$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money48%

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

From the state
48%$238 thousand

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking51%Health and hospitals25%Running the government and other costs19%Police, fire, courts and jails3.9%Interest on debt0.5%

What stands out

25%

of Sanborn'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
51%$209 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$209 thousand
Health and hospitals
25%$104 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$104 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$77 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$44 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$30 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$3 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$16 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$15 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sanborn. 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 Sanborn 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.