Town government · Walworth County, WI

Spring Prairie's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Spring Prairie took in $1.1 million and spent $666 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes61%Fees for services (garbage collection)17%State tax money12%Federal tax money10%

What stands out

17%

of Spring Prairie'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 taxes61%

Property tax
58%$668 thousand
Other taxes
3.0%$34 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$33 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services17%

Fees for services
17%$193 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection and other government-run businesses
  • Garbage collection$183 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

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

From the federal government
10%$115 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$140 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking34%Water, sewer, trash and utilities27%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Running the government and other costs16%

What stands out

27%

of Spring Prairie'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
34%$226 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$226 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
27%$177 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$177 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$154 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$135 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$14 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$109 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$67 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$25 thousand
  • Government buildings$13 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$2 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Spring Prairie. 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 Spring Prairie 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.