ZIP 35114 · Alabaster, AL

Five governments run on your community's money

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

Yearly budgets from each government's latest fiscal year on record. Tap one to jump to it.

Your state

State of Alabama

$44.6 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended September 30, 2023.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money37%State taxes37%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)19%Fines and other6.2%Local tax money0.5%

What stands out

19%

of Alabama's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical state government gets 10%.

Full Alabama breakdown

State taxes37%

Individual income tax
12%$5.28 billion
Sales tax
10%$4.59 billion
Other taxes
9.2%$4.18 billion
What's in other taxesMotor fuel taxes; public utility taxes and 14 more
  • Motor fuel taxes$972 million
  • Public utility taxes$773 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$705 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$613 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$284 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$230 million
  • Corporation licenses$219 million
  • Tobacco taxes$132 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$71.1 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$54.7 million
  • Driver's licenses$47.9 million
  • Severance taxes$38.3 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$25.4 million
  • Public utility licenses$14.7 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$4.6 million
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
4.8%$2.18 billion
Property tax
1.4%$621 million

Fees for services19%

Fees for services
19%$8.53 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 11 more
  • Hospital bills$4.46 billion
  • College tuition$2.37 billion
  • University housing and dining$680 million
  • Liquor stores$530 million
  • Ports and waterways$197 million
  • Other service charges$141 million
  • Parks and recreation$59.2 million
  • Housing$46.4 million
  • Other education charges$29.7 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$10.9 million
  • Garbage collection$9.0 million
  • Road charges$1.1 million
  • Parking$580 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%$16.9 billion

Local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.5%$224 million

Fines and other6.2%

Interest, rents and other
5.9%$2.66 billion
Fines
0.3%$148 million
Alabama page →

Where the money goes

Sent to local governments29%Schools and colleges22%Social services22%Health and hospitals12%Roads, transit and parking4.9%All other spending10%

What stands out

12%

of Alabama's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical state government spends 5.7%.

Full Alabama breakdown

Spending by category100%

Sent to local governments
29%$12.7 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: hospitals and 17 more
  • Sent to school districts$8.98 billion
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$1.00 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$847 million
  • Sent to local governments: general support$476 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$310 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$210 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$206 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$190 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$173 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$131 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$50.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$44.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$37.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$28.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$12.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$10.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$8.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$3.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$2.7 million
Schools and colleges
22%$10.0 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$7.33 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.13 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$964 million
  • Other education$577 million
Social services
22%$9.87 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$9.66 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$118 million
  • Welfare institutions$81.3 million
  • Veterans' services$12.8 million
Health and hospitals
12%$5.21 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$4.64 billion
  • Public health$570 million
Roads, transit and parking
4.9%$2.18 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; ports and harbors and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$1.97 billion
  • Ports and harbors$207 million
  • Airports$813 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.7%$1.65 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$808 million
  • Courts and legal services$361 million
  • Police$240 million
  • Inspections and regulation$142 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$104 million
Running the government and other costs
3.5%$1.56 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$723 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$599 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$144 million
  • Other government administration$87.8 million
  • Government buildings$7.7 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.5%$657 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores and water supply
  • Liquor stores$657 million
  • Water supply$95 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$327 million
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$266 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$266 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$89.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$79.9 million
  • Libraries$9.3 million
Housing and community development
0.1%$47.3 million
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Your county

Shelby County

$122 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended September 30, 2023.

Where the money comes from

County taxes42%Fees for services (water, garbage collection)23%Fines and other16%State tax money16%Federal tax money3.0%
Full Shelby County breakdown

What stands out

16%

of Shelby County's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 5.4%.

County taxes42%

Property tax
23%$38.3 million
Sales tax
13%$22.2 million
Other taxes
6.1%$10.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$7.7 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.6 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$39.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 2 more
  • Other service charges$16.5 million
  • Water$14.9 million
  • Garbage collection$7.3 million
  • Road charges$343 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.0%

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

From the federal government
3.0%$5.1 million

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$26.9 million

Fines and other16%

Interest, rents and other
16%$27.4 million
Shelby County page →

Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails45%Running the government and other costs20%Water, sewer, trash and utilities13%Roads, transit and parking13%Parks, recreation and libraries4.5%All other spending4.0%

What stands out

13%

of Shelby County's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.6%.

Full Shelby County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
45%$54.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$27.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$12.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$10.0 million
  • Fire protection$4.8 million
Running the government and other costs
20%$24.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$14.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$9.8 million
  • Other and not broken out$146 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
13%$16.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and garbage and solid waste
  • Water supply$8.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$7.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
13%$16.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$16.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.5%$5.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5.5 million
Interest on debt
1.4%$1.7 million
Social services
1.4%$1.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.7 million
Health and hospitals
1.2%$1.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.5 million
Shelby County page →

Your city

City of Alabaster

$65.9 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended September 30, 2023.

About 50% of this ZIP is in Alabaster.

Where the money comes from

City taxes70%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)17%Fines and other6.9%State tax money5.4%Federal tax money0.2%
Full Alabaster breakdown

What stands out

51%

of Alabaster's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people get none.

City taxes70%

Sales tax
51%$31.0 million
Other taxes
11%$6.9 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other licenses and 5 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$4.5 million
  • Other licenses$979 thousand
  • Motor fuel taxes$553 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$466 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$250 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$140 thousand
  • Tobacco taxes$38 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
8.6%$5.3 million

Fees for services17%

Fees for services
17%$10.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Sewer$7.5 million
  • Garbage collection$2.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$387 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$138 thousand

State tax money5.4%

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

From the state
5.4%$3.3 million

Fines and other6.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.9%$3.6 million
Fines
1.1%$655 thousand
Alabaster page →

Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails36%Parks, recreation and libraries26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities19%Running the government and other costs7.8%Roads, transit and parking6.5%Interest on debt4.6%

What stands out

26%

of Alabaster's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 5.6%.

Full Alabaster breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
36%$23.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$14.3 million
  • Fire protection$7.4 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$708 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
26%$17.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$16.3 million
  • Libraries$1.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
19%$12.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$10.3 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.2 million
Running the government and other costs
7.8%$5.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$899 thousand
  • Government buildings$149 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.5%$4.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.3 million
Interest on debt
4.6%$3.0 million
Alabaster page →

Your schools

Shelby County School District

$323 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended September 30, 2023.

About 51% of this ZIP is in Shelby County School District.

Where the money comes from

State tax money60%School district taxes25%County and local tax money5.8%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)4.6%Fines and other4.5%

What stands out

5.8%

of Shelby County School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 1%.

Full Shelby County School District breakdown

School district taxes25%

Property tax
25%$88.7 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$32 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$32 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.6%

Fees for services
4.6%$16.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$11.4 million
  • School lunches$4.8 million
  • School tuition and transportation$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$73 thousand

State tax money60%

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

From the state
60%$210 million

County and local tax money5.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
5.8%$20.2 million

Fines and other4.5%

Interest, rents and other
4.4%$15.6 million
Fines
<0.1%$42 thousand
Shelby County School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt1.2%Sent to other local governments0.1%
Full Shelby County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
99%$319 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$319 million
Interest on debt
1.2%$3.7 million
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$406 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$406 thousand
Shelby County School District page →

Alabaster City School District

$116 million budget.

About 50% of this ZIP is in Alabaster City School District.

Where the money comes from

State tax money58%School district taxes21%County and local tax money11%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)5.3%Fines and other4.2%Federal tax money<0.1%

What stands out

11%

of Alabaster City School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 1%.

Full Alabaster City School District breakdown

School district taxes21%

Property tax
21%$23.3 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.3%

Fees for services
5.3%$5.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$3.0 million
  • School lunches$1.9 million
  • School tuition and transportation$911 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$71 thousand

State tax money58%

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

From the state
58%$64.9 million

County and local tax money11%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
11%$12.1 million

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other
4.2%$4.7 million
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand
Alabaster City School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges96%Interest on debt4.0%Sent to other local governments<0.1%
Full Alabaster City School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$111 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$111 million
Interest on debt
4.0%$4.7 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$87 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$87 thousand
Alabaster City School District page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Alabama. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

Shelby County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

Shelby County School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

City of Alabaster. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

Alabaster City School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file.

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.