Town government · Wood County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sigel took in $503 thousand and spent $543 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money53%Town taxes32%Federal tax money11%Fines and other4.4%

What stands out

53%

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

Town taxes32%

Property tax
31%$158 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$53 thousand

State tax money53%

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

From the state
53%$269 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other
4.4%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking64%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Running the government and other costs10%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.5%Health and hospitals4.1%

What stands out

8.5%

of Sigel'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
64%$347 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$347 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$73 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$66 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$7 thousand
Running the government and other costs
10%$55 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)$30 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$17 thousand
  • Government buildings$6 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$2 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.5%$46 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$46 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.1%$22 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$22 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sigel. 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 Sigel 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.