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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Shullsburg took in $6.1 million and spent $4.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money45%Fees for services (electric power, sewer)40%City taxes9.7%County and local tax money3.6%Fines and other1.6%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

45%

of Shullsburg's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes9.7%

Property tax
9.4%$570 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$11 thousand
  • Other licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$2.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 5 more
  • Electric power$1.3 million
  • Sewer$773 thousand
  • Water$251 thousand
  • Garbage collection$74 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$32 thousand
  • Other service charges$15 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$20 thousand

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$2.7 million

County and local tax money3.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.6%$217 thousand

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$90 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities51%Roads, transit and parking29%Police, fire, courts and jails6.8%Parks, recreation and libraries5.5%Running the government and other costs4.8%All other spending3.0%

What stands out

29%

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

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
51%$2.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$1.2 million
  • Sewer systems$579 thousand
  • Water supply$345 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$77 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
29%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.8%$301 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$156 thousand
  • Fire protection$143 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$2 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.5%$243 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$133 thousand
  • Libraries$110 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.8%$212 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$57 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$56 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$56 thousand
  • Government buildings$43 thousand
Interest on debt
2.6%$114 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$18 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$18 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

City of Shullsburg. 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 City of Shullsburg 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.