ZIP 02831 · Scituate, RI

Three governments run on your community's money

This page shows every government that serves ZIP 02831: the state, county, city or town and school district, and where each one's money comes from and goes.

Each government is shown for its own newest fiscal year on file, so the years differ. Figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, the government's own report, as named under Sources and more.

Where do my taxes go in 02831?
02831 is served by the State of Rhode Island, the Town of Scituate and the City of Cranston. In each one's latest recorded fiscal year, State of Rhode Island spent $12.3 billion (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024), Town of Scituate spent $49.3 million (fiscal year ended March 31, 2024) and City of Cranston spent $376 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024). Each government's money is separate.

Which governments collect property tax in 02831?
Of the governments serving 02831, City of Cranston collected $188 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024), Town of Scituate collected $33.4 million (fiscal year ended March 31, 2024) and State of Rhode Island collected $5.4 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024) in property tax. These are each government's total collections, not a bill for 02831.

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From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

See the full budget for: Scituate and Cranston

Why not this year? Each figure is the newest year the U.S. Census Bureau has published for that government, so the years differ and are not the current year. Most governments post their current budget on their own website.

Where property tax goes in 02831

City of Cranston$188 million

48% of its $393 million in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2024

Town of Scituate$33.4 million

70% of its $48.0 million in revenue · fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 · estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau

State of Rhode Island$5.4 million

<0.1% of its $12.4 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2024

These are each government's total property tax collections, not your bill. Your own bill is split by each government's tax rate, shown on your property tax bill.

Your cities and towns

Public schools here are run by City of Cranston and Town of Scituate, so school money is part of its budget.

Rhode Island has no county governments.

Town of Scituate

$49.3 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended March 31, 2024. Estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau

About 80% of this ZIP is in Scituate.

Where the money comes from

Town taxes70%State tax money20%Fines and other4.2%Fees for services (school lunches, parks and recreation)4.1%County and local tax money1.6%

What stands out

20%

of Scituate's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 8.8%.

Full Scituate breakdown

Town taxes70%

Property tax
70%$33.4 million
Other taxes
0.5%$255 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$239 thousand
  • Other licenses$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.1%

Fees for services
4.1%$2.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; other school charges and 4 more
  • Other service charges$1.1 million
  • Other school charges$541 thousand
  • School lunches$249 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$57 thousand
  • Road charges$27 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$9.6 million

County and local tax money1.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.6%$766 thousand

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$1.9 million
Fines
0.2%$94 thousand
Scituate page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges63%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Running the government and other costs10%Roads, transit and parking4.5%Parks, recreation and libraries1.9%All other spending4.7%

What stands out

63%

of Scituate's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. townships and towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Full Scituate breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
63%$31.2 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$31.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$7.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$5.7 million
  • Fire protection$1.7 million
  • Inspections and regulation$246 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$11 thousand
Running the government and other costs
10%$5.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$537 thousand
  • Government buildings$412 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$321 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$45 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.5%$2.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.9%$937 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$705 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$232 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.8%$871 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$871 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.4%$697 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$697 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$494 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$158 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$158 thousand
Social services
0.2%$93 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$93 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$16 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$16 thousand
Scituate page →

City of Cranston

$376 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

About 13% of this ZIP is in Cranston.

Where the money comes from

City taxes49%State tax money32%Fees for services (sewer, school tuition and transportation)10%Federal tax money4.4%Fines and other3.4%County and local tax money0.5%

What stands out

32%

of Cranston's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 6.4%.

Full Cranston breakdown

City taxes49%

Property tax
48%$188 million
Other taxes
1.1%$4.1 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4.1 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$40.8 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 4 more
  • Sewer$23.2 million
  • Other service charges$12.0 million
  • Other school charges$2.6 million
  • School tuition and transportation$1.3 million
  • School lunches$972 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$748 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.4%

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

From the federal government
4.4%$17.1 million

State tax money32%

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

From the state
32%$127 million

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.5%$1.9 million

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other
3.0%$12.0 million
Fines
0.3%$1.4 million
Cranston page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges62%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Roads, transit and parking6.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.0%Running the government and other costs2.9%All other spending5.5%

What stands out

62%

of Cranston's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Full Cranston breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
62%$233 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$233 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$72.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$39.7 million
  • Police$30.0 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
6.5%$24.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and ports and harbors
  • Roads and highways$24.6 million
  • Ports and harbors$5 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.0%$14.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$14.9 million
Running the government and other costs
2.9%$10.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.0 million
  • Government buildings$85 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.3%$8.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$4.4 million
  • Libraries$4.1 million
Interest on debt
1.6%$6.1 million
Health and hospitals
0.6%$2.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.4 million
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$1.6 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.5 million
  • Sent to the state government$83 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$1.6 million
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$288 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$288 thousand
Cranston page →

Your state

State of Rhode Island

$12.3 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes42%Federal tax money37%Fees for services (college tuition, sewer)10%Fines and other9.8%Local tax money0.9%
Full Rhode Island breakdown

State taxes42%

Sales tax
13%$1.63 billion
Individual income tax
13%$1.59 billion
Other taxes
12%$1.44 billion
What's in other taxesAmusement taxes; other selective sales taxes and 16 more
  • Amusement taxes$408 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$231 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$172 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$151 million
  • Tobacco taxes$119 million
  • Public utility taxes$103 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$86.3 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$51.6 million
  • Other licenses$44.0 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$21.2 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$16.5 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$13.0 million
  • Driver's licenses$9.5 million
  • Corporation licenses$7.8 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$2.5 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1.3 million
  • Public utility licenses$559 thousand
  • Amusement licenses$291 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
4.8%$596 million
Property tax
<0.1%$5.4 million

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$1.25 billion
What's in fees for servicesCollege tuition; other service charges and 14 more
  • College tuition$389 million
  • Other service charges$378 million
  • Sewer$111 million
  • University housing and dining$108 million
  • Airport$59.9 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$48.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$43.0 million
  • Transit fares$23.6 million
  • Other education charges$23.3 million
  • Housing$22.5 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$21.6 million
  • Road charges$10.5 million
  • Garbage collection$7.9 million
  • Hospital bills$2.6 million
  • School lunches$593 thousand
  • Other school charges$322 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money37%

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

From the federal government
37%$4.56 billion

Local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.9%$110 million

Fines and other9.8%

Interest, rents and other
9.6%$1.19 billion
Fines
0.1%$17.4 million
Rhode Island page →

Where the money goes

Social services37%Sent to local governments15%Schools and colleges13%Running the government and other costs7.5%Roads, transit and parking7.3%All other spending20%

What stands out

15%

of Rhode Island's spending goes to local governments.A typical state government spends 24%.

Full Rhode Island breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
37%$4.60 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; welfare institutions and 1 more
  • Other public welfare$4.51 billion
  • Welfare institutions$47.5 million
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$40.8 million
Sent to local governments
15%$1.89 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools; sent to local governments: general support and 10 more
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$1.47 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$297 million
  • Sent to school districts$77.6 million
  • Sent to the federal government$16.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$10.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$6.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$6.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$248 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$152 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: police$86 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$32 thousand
Schools and colleges
13%$1.55 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; elementary and secondary schools and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$727 million
  • Elementary and secondary schools$346 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$192 million
  • Other education$155 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$129 million
Running the government and other costs
7.5%$923 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 4 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$391 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$239 million
  • Other and not broken out$195 million
  • Government buildings$78.8 million
  • Other government administration$16.4 million
  • Other government-run businesses$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.3%$899 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 3 more
  • Roads and highways$639 million
  • Public transit$157 million
  • Airports$76.1 million
  • Toll roads and bridges$27.9 million
  • Ports and harbors$4 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.0%$741 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$615 million
  • Hospitals$126 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.7%$703 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$256 million
  • Courts and legal services$200 million
  • Police$146 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$54.9 million
  • Inspections and regulation$46.4 million
Interest on debt
3.9%$485 million
Housing and community development
1.8%$226 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$165 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$90.0 million
  • Sewer systems$74.9 million
Environment and natural resources
0.9%$116 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$116 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$46.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$42.4 million
  • Libraries$4.3 million
Rhode Island page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Rhode Island. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Town of Scituate. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

City of Cranston. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.