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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Seymour took in $900 thousand and spent $858 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes46%State tax money29%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)23%Fines and other1.2%County and local tax money1.0%

What stands out

23%

of Seymour'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 taxes46%

Property tax
40%$364 thousand
Other taxes
5.7%$51 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$32 thousand
  • Other licenses$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$208 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and parks and recreation
  • Garbage collection$204 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money29%

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

From the state
29%$257 thousand

County and local tax money1.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.0%$9 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.2%$11 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking60%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Parks, recreation and libraries4.5%Health and hospitals2.7%Interest on debt0.3%

What stands out

4.5%

of Seymour's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
60%$514 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$514 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$158 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$80 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$44 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$22 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$121 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$107 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$12 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$2 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.5%$39 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$39 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.7%$23 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$23 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Seymour. 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 Seymour 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.