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St. Cloud's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), St. Cloud took in $498 thousand and spent $473 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)48%Village taxes27%State tax money19%Federal tax money4.0%Fines and other2.0%

What stands out

27%

of St. Cloud's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

Village taxes27%

Property tax
27%$132 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services48%

Fees for services
48%$239 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 1 more
  • Water$135 thousand
  • Sewer$58 thousand
  • Garbage collection$46 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.0%

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

From the federal government
4.0%$20 thousand

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$94 thousand

Fines and other2.0%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities58%Roads, transit and parking12%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Running the government and other costs9.7%Interest on debt3.8%All other spending4.9%

What stands out

58%

of St. Cloud's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
58%$273 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$122 thousand
  • Sewer systems$103 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$48 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$57 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$57 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$56 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$50 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$6 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.7%$46 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$20 thousand
  • Government buildings$13 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$10 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3 thousand
Interest on debt
3.8%$18 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.5%$12 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.3%$11 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$11 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of St. Cloud. 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 Village of St. Cloud 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.