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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Tomah took in $21.7 million and spent $19.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)39%City taxes35%State tax money15%Fines and other6.6%Federal tax money2.3%County and local tax money2.1%

What stands out

31%

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

City taxes35%

Property tax
31%$6.7 million
Other taxes
4.0%$870 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$657 thousand
  • Other licenses$166 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$33 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services39%

Fees for services
39%$8.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 6 more
  • Sewer$3.1 million
  • Other service charges$2.8 million
  • Water$2.2 million
  • Transit fares$235 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$167 thousand
  • Airport$20 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$2 thousand
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.3%

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

From the federal government
2.3%$494 thousand

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$3.2 million

County and local tax money2.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.1%$455 thousand

Fines and other6.6%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$1.3 million
Fines
0.6%$122 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities24%Roads, transit and parking22%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Health and hospitals10%Running the government and other costs9.9%All other spending13%

What stands out

10%

of Tomah's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
24%$4.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$2.1 million
  • Water supply$1.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$580 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$4.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$3.6 million
  • Public transit$602 thousand
  • Airports$69 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$4.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$3.1 million
  • Fire protection$629 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$145 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$137 thousand
Health and hospitals
10%$2.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.0 million
Running the government and other costs
9.9%$1.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$979 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$522 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$325 thousand
  • Government buildings$102 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.8%$1.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.1 million
  • Libraries$476 thousand
Interest on debt
5.1%$992 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$82 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$8 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$8 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Tomah. 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 Tomah 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.