ZIP 40212 · Jeffersontown, KY

Three 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

Commonwealth of Kentucky

$47.8 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money44%State taxes35%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)14%Fines and other5.7%Local tax money0.1%

What stands out

44%

of Kentucky's money comes from federal tax money.A typical state government gets 35%.

Full Kentucky breakdown

State taxes35%

Sales tax
12%$5.80 billion
Individual income tax
10%$5.02 billion
Other taxes
7.2%$3.49 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 15 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.00 billion
  • Motor fuel taxes$906 million
  • Tobacco taxes$313 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$221 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$221 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$195 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$149 million
  • Corporation licenses$122 million
  • Severance taxes$115 million
  • Public utility taxes$80.7 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$75.6 million
  • Driver's licenses$32.7 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$30.3 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$9.1 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$8.1 million
  • Other licenses$6.3 million
  • Amusement licenses$332 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
4.2%$2.04 billion
Property tax
1.7%$808 million

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$6.98 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 12 more
  • Hospital bills$4.82 billion
  • College tuition$1.30 billion
  • University housing and dining$451 million
  • Other service charges$145 million
  • Parks and recreation$79.1 million
  • Road charges$77.0 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$76.3 million
  • Housing$19.0 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$12.0 million
  • Other education charges$1.6 million
  • Garbage collection$1.1 million
  • Airport$843 thousand
  • Other school charges$342 thousand
  • Water$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money44%

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

From the federal government
44%$21.5 billion

Local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.1%$57.4 million

Fines and other5.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.6%$2.71 billion
Fines
<0.1%$47.2 million
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Where the money goes

Social services44%Schools and colleges16%Sent to local governments14%Health and hospitals11%Roads, transit and parking5.2%All other spending11%

What stands out

44%

of Kentucky's spending goes to social services.A typical state government spends 31%.

Full Kentucky breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
44%$20.8 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 1 more
  • Other public welfare$20.5 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$158 million
  • Veterans' services$95.3 million
Schools and colleges
16%$7.46 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$4.54 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.25 billion
  • Elementary and secondary schools$865 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$632 million
  • Other education$179 million
Sent to local governments
14%$6.77 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: other and not broken out and 17 more
  • Sent to school districts$5.22 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$519 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$286 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$154 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$149 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$112 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$58.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$55.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$48.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$39.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$39.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$32.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$13.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$11.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$10.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$9.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$7.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$684 thousand
Health and hospitals
11%$5.08 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$4.46 billion
  • Public health$620 million
Roads, transit and parking
5.2%$2.51 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; toll roads and bridges and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$2.48 billion
  • Toll roads and bridges$15.6 million
  • Airports$12.6 million
  • Public transit$2.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.8%$2.32 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$816 million
  • Courts and legal services$799 million
  • Police$381 million
  • Inspections and regulation$240 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$83.0 million
Running the government and other costs
3.5%$1.66 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$676 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$630 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$193 million
  • Other government administration$106 million
  • Government buildings$52.7 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$505 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$505 million
Housing and community development
0.6%$282 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$182 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$175 million
  • Libraries$7.9 million
Interest on debt
0.3%$141 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$104 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and garbage and solid waste
  • Water supply$62.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$40.8 million
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Your city

Jefferson County is served by a consolidated city-county government (Jeffersontown City), so there is no separate county section.

City of Jeffersontown

$76.7 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

City taxes36%County and local tax money32%Federal tax money19%Fees for services (hospital bills, parks and recreation)5.6%Fines and other3.9%State tax money3.2%

What stands out

32%

of Jeffersontown's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 0.8%.

Full Jeffersontown breakdown

City taxes36%

Individual income tax
22%$16.8 million
Property tax
6.8%$5.1 million
Other taxes
6.7%$5.0 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$4.2 million
  • Other licenses$536 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$164 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$160 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.6%

Fees for services
5.6%$4.2 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Hospital bills$3.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$385 thousand
  • Other service charges$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money19%

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

From the federal government
19%$14.4 million

State tax money3.2%

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

From the state
3.2%$2.4 million

County and local tax money32%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
32%$24.2 million

Fines and other3.9%

Fines
3.5%$2.6 million
Interest, rents and other
0.4%$302 thousand
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Where the money goes

Health and hospitals56%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Roads, transit and parking12%Running the government and other costs4.1%Parks, recreation and libraries3.5%All other spending4.6%

What stands out

56%

of Jeffersontown's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Full Jeffersontown breakdown

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
56%$42.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$42.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$15.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and inspections and regulation
  • Police$14.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$382 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$9.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$9.5 million
Running the government and other costs
4.1%$3.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$931 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$232 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.5%$2.7 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2.7 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.2%$1.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.7 million
Social services
1.5%$1.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.1 million
Housing and community development
0.6%$479 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$273 thousand
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Your schools

Jefferson County School District

$1.98 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes62%State tax money34%Fines and other2.8%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)1.4%Federal tax money0.4%County and local tax money0.2%
Full Jefferson County School District breakdown

What stands out

14%

of Jefferson County School District's money comes from a personal income tax.Most school districts with 25,000+ students get none.

School district taxes62%

Property tax
48%$739 million
Individual income tax
14%$213 million

Fees for services1.4%

Fees for services
1.4%$22.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$20.6 million
  • School lunches$1.6 million
  • School tuition and transportation$139 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.4%

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

From the federal government
0.4%$5.9 million

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$520 million

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$3.6 million

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.8%$42.6 million
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Where the money goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt1.3%
Full Jefferson County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
99%$1.96 billion
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1.96 billion
Interest on debt
1.3%$25.9 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$478 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to school districts
  • Sent to the state government$463 thousand
  • Sent to school districts$15 thousand
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Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

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

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

Jefferson County School District. 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.