Town government · Grant County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Watterstown took in $200 thousand and spent $162 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money51%Town taxes34%Federal tax money8.5%County and local tax money6.0%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.5%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

51%

of Watterstown's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes34%

Property tax
33%$66 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$1 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.5%

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

From the federal government
8.5%$17 thousand

State tax money51%

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

From the state
51%$102 thousand

County and local tax money6.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
6.0%$12 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking54%Running the government and other costs22%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.6%

What stands out

8.6%

of Watterstown'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
54%$87 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$87 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$35 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)$19 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$10 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
  • Government buildings$1 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$26 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$26 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.6%$14 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$14 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Watterstown. 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 Watterstown 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.