City government · Lincoln County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Tomahawk took in $7.1 million and spent $6.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes37%Fees for services (sewer, water)29%State tax money19%County and local tax money11%Fines and other4.4%

What stands out

11%

of Tomahawk's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes37%

Property tax

36%$2.5 million

Other taxes

1.2%$86 thousand

What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 2 more

Other selective sales taxes$54 thousand
Other licenses$17 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$14 thousand
Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services29%

Fees for services

29%$2.0 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 4 more

Sewer$1.1 million
Water$718 thousand
Garbage collection$166 thousand
Parks and recreation$42 thousand
Other service charges$8 thousand
Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money19%

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

From the state

19%$1.3 million

County and local tax money11%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

11%$786 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other

4.2%$293 thousand

Fines

0.3%$18 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails31%Water, sewer, trash and utilities27%Roads, transit and parking12%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Running the government and other costs9.4%All other spending9.1%

What stands out

31%

of Tomahawk's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails

31%$2.1 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more

Police$1.4 million
Fire protection$709 thousand
Courts and legal services$44 thousand
Inspections and regulation$26 thousand

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

27%$1.8 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more

Sewer systems$941 thousand
Water supply$718 thousand
Garbage and solid waste$188 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

12%$822 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports

Roads and highways$743 thousand
Airports$79 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

11%$789 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation

Libraries$413 thousand
Parks and recreation$376 thousand

Running the government and other costs

9.4%$648 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$311 thousand
Other and not broken out$254 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$44 thousand
Government buildings$39 thousand

Interest on debt

9.1%$623 thousand

Housing and community development

<0.1%$3 thousand

Health and hospitals

<0.1%$2 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$2 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Tomahawk. 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 Tomahawk 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.