ZIP 40516 · Lexington-Fayette Urban County, KY

Five governments run on your community's money

This page shows every government that serves ZIP 40516: 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 or, for Kentucky governments, the Kentucky Department of Education, as named under Sources and more.

Where do my taxes go in 40516?
40516 is served by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Fayette County School District, Bourbon County and Bourbon County School District. In each one's latest recorded fiscal year, Commonwealth of Kentucky spent $47.8 billion (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024), Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government spent $881 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024), Fayette County School District spent $760 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025), Bourbon County spent $13.3 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2022) and Bourbon County School District spent $36.3 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025). Each government's money is separate.

Which governments collect property tax in 40516?
Of the governments serving 40516, Commonwealth of Kentucky collected $808 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024), Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government collected $133 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024) and Bourbon County collected $1.9 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2022) in property tax. These are each government's total collections, not a bill for 40516.

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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: Bourbon County, Lexington-Fayette Urban County, Fayette County School District and Bourbon County School District

Why not this year? Kentucky governments with newer filings show school district figures from the Kentucky Department of Education (for 2025). Each other 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 40516

Commonwealth of Kentucky$808 million

1.7% of its $48.4 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2024

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government$133 million

12% of its $1.13 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2024

Bourbon County$1.9 million

11% of its $16.4 million in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2022

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 county

Fayette County is served by a consolidated city-county government (Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government), so there is no separate county section.

Bourbon County

$13.3 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2022.

About 14% of this ZIP is in Bourbon County.

Where the money comes from

County taxes35%State tax money27%Federal tax money20%Fees for services (hospital bills)10%Local tax money5.2%Fines and other2.8%
Full Bourbon County breakdown

What stands out

21%

of Bourbon County's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people get none.

County taxes35%

Individual income tax
21%$3.5 million
Property tax
11%$1.9 million
Other taxes
2.7%$441 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 2 more
  • Public utility taxes$193 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$145 thousand
  • Corporation licenses$59 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$44 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and hospital bills
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Hospital bills$262 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money20%

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

From the federal government
20%$3.3 million

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$4.4 million

Local tax money5.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
5.2%$847 thousand

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.8%$454 thousand
Bourbon County page →

Where the money goes

Running the government and other costs41%Health and hospitals20%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Roads, transit and parking8.0%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.5%All other spending7.0%

What stands out

20%

of Bourbon County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Full Bourbon County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
41%$5.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$4.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.0 million
  • Government buildings$184 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$149 thousand
Health and hospitals
20%$2.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$2.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.0 million
  • Fire protection$875 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$463 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$120 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.0%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.5%$734 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$715 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$19 thousand
Interest on debt
2.6%$340 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on electric power debt
  • Interest on general debt$337 thousand
  • Interest on electric power debt$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.4%$317 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$317 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$194 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$194 thousand
Social services
0.6%$81 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$81 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3 thousand
Bourbon County page →

Your town

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

$881 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

About 86% of this ZIP is in Lexington-Fayette Urban County.

Where the money comes from

City-county taxes49%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)34%Federal tax money7.6%State tax money6.6%Fines and other2.1%County and local tax money0.9%
Full Lexington-Fayette Urban County breakdown

What stands out

24%

of Lexington-Fayette Urban County's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people get none.

City-county taxes49%

Individual income tax
24%$268 million
Property tax
12%$133 million
Other taxes
7.9%$89.2 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; public utility taxes and 3 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$45.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$27.7 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$10.9 million
  • Other licenses$5.4 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$234 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
5.9%$66.8 million

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$379 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 7 more
  • Other service charges$248 million
  • Sewer$87.0 million
  • Garbage collection$8.3 million
  • Hospital bills$8.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$7.4 million
  • Housing$6.3 million
  • Parking$4.9 million
  • Other government-run businesses$4.7 million
  • Transit fares$3.8 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.6%

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

From the federal government
7.6%$85.9 million

State tax money6.6%

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

From the state
6.6%$74.3 million

County and local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.9%$10.2 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$19.6 million
Fines
0.3%$3.7 million
Lexington-Fayette Urban County page →

Where the money goes

Running the government and other costs35%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Housing and community development9.4%Parks, recreation and libraries8.6%All other spending13%

What stands out

9.4%

of Lexington-Fayette Urban County's spending goes to housing and community development.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 1.4%.

Full Lexington-Fayette Urban County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
35%$310 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)$273 million
  • Other and not broken out$27.2 million
  • Other government-run businesses$10.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$153 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; probation, parole and other corrections and 1 more
  • Fire protection$82.3 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$47.7 million
  • Police$23.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$147 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$89.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$57.6 million
Housing and community development
9.4%$83.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.6%$75.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$50.2 million
  • Libraries$25.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
6.5%$57.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit; roads and highways and 1 more
  • Public transit$31.7 million
  • Roads and highways$21.9 million
  • Parking$4.0 million
Health and hospitals
2.4%$21.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21.6 million
Interest on debt
2.1%$18.4 million
Social services
1.6%$14.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$14.0 million
Lexington-Fayette Urban County page →

Your schools

Fayette County School District

$760 million budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025), from the Kentucky Department of Education.

About 86% of this ZIP is in Fayette County School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes67%State tax money19%Federal tax money10%Fines and other4.3%
Full Fayette County School District breakdown

School district taxes67%

Local taxes
67%$432 million

Federal tax money10%

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

From the federal government
10%$64.6 million

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$124 million

Fines and other4.3%

Interest, rents and other
4.3%$27.7 million
Fayette County School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges93%Debt payments (principal and interest)6.6%
Full Fayette County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
93%$710 million
Debt payments (principal and interest)
6.6%$50.0 million
Fayette County School District page →

Bourbon County School District

$36.3 million budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025), from the Kentucky Department of Education.

About 14% of this ZIP is in Bourbon County School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes40%State tax money33%Federal tax money21%Fines and other6.1%
Full Bourbon County School District breakdown

School district taxes40%

Local taxes
40%$12.5 million

Federal tax money21%

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

From the federal government
21%$6.6 million

State tax money33%

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

From the state
33%$10.3 million

Fines and other6.1%

Interest, rents and other
6.1%$1.9 million
Bourbon County School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges96%Debt payments (principal and interest)4.1%
Full Bourbon County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$34.8 million
Debt payments (principal and interest)
4.1%$1.5 million
Bourbon County School District page →

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
Kentucky page →

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
Kentucky page →
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.

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Fayette County School District. Kentucky Department of Education, District Revenues and Expenditures (audited Annual Financial Reports), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Bourbon County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

Bourbon County School District. Kentucky Department of Education, District Revenues and Expenditures (audited Annual Financial Reports), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

How these figures are counted. Kentucky school district figures are from each district's audited annual financial report filed with the Kentucky Department of Education for fiscal year 2025 (the 2024-25 school year, ended June 30, 2025). Money the state pays on the district's behalf for teacher retirement, health insurance and school-building debt is left out of both revenue and spending, so spending reads lower than the Census figure. Federal money is shown as federal (the Census files much of it as state aid). Bond proceeds and transfers between funds are not counted, and spending includes construction. Spending is grouped as education and debt payments, and local revenue other than taxes is shown as other income. Local taxes of every kind (property, motor vehicle, utility and occupational) are shown together as local taxes, because the district's report does not split them.

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.