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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sheldon took in $856 thousand and spent $934 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money71%Town taxes23%Federal tax money4.8%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.4%Fines and other0.4%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

71%

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

Town taxes23%

Property tax
23%$197 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.4%

Fees for services
0.4%$3 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and other service charges
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.8%

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

From the federal government
4.8%$41 thousand

State tax money71%

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

From the state
71%$608 thousand

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.1%$1 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking89%Running the government and other costs4.3%Interest on debt2.6%Police, fire, courts and jails2.4%Water, sewer, trash and utilities1.4%All other spending0.9%

What stands out

89%

of Sheldon's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
89%$827 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$827 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.3%$40 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)$29 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$10 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Interest on debt
2.6%$24 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.4%$22 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$19 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$3 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.4%$13 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$3 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$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sheldon. 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 Sheldon 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.