Village government · Waukesha County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Waukesha took in $3.0 million and spent $3.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Village taxes60%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)22%State tax money16%Fines and other1.3%

What stands out

53%

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

Village taxes60%

Property tax
53%$1.6 million
Other taxes
7.1%$211 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$130 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$81 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$660 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 3 more
  • Garbage collection$516 thousand
  • Other service charges$126 thousand
  • Road charges$16 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$481 thousand

Fines and other1.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$24 thousand
Fines
0.5%$16 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Roads, transit and parking27%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Running the government and other costs15%Health and hospitals2.0%

What stands out

41%

of Waukesha'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
41%$1.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Fire protection$801 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$191 thousand
  • Police$174 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$121 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
27%$862 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$862 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$493 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$493 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$460 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)$242 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$107 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$81 thousand
  • Government buildings$30 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.0%$63 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$63 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Waukesha. 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 Waukesha 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.