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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Watertown took in $1.0 million and spent $956 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money51%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)17%Town taxes16%Federal tax money10%County and local tax money4.3%Fines and other0.3%

What stands out

17%

of Watertown'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 taxes16%

Property tax
13%$135 thousand
Other taxes
3.4%$35 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$31 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services17%

Fees for services
17%$182 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; road charges and 2 more
  • Garbage collection$178 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 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%$107 thousand

State tax money51%

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

From the state
51%$534 thousand

County and local tax money4.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.3%$45 thousand

Fines and other0.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking51%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Water, sewer, trash and utilities18%Running the government and other costs11%Health and hospitals0.3%

What stands out

18%

of Watertown'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
51%$485 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$485 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$185 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Fire protection$164 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$16 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$5 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
18%$176 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$176 thousand
Running the government and other costs
11%$107 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$23 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Watertown. 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 Watertown 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.