RecordWell Data

Amherst Town City

Towns & townships · Hampshire County · Massachusetts · population 39,833

$92,856,000revenue, 2018
$90,193,000spending, 2018
$12,130,000long-term debt, end of 2018

US Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2018$92,856,000 $90,193,000$2,663,000
2017$90,452,000 $88,215,000$2,237,000

Where the money came from (2018)

  • Property tax $53,187,000
  • State aid $19,607,000
  • Charges for services $9,624,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $4,393,000
  • Other revenue $2,699,000
  • Other taxes $1,673,000
  • Federal aid $1,035,000
  • Aid from other local governments $638,000

Where it went (2018)

  • Schools (K-12) $42,714,000
  • General / other $14,953,000
  • Police $5,017,000
  • Water utility $4,603,000
  • Fire protection $4,521,000
  • Sewer $4,225,000
  • Highways & roads $3,506,000
  • Libraries $2,092,000
  • Parks & recreation $1,525,000
  • Protective inspection $1,365,000
  • Transit $1,059,000
  • Financial administration $977,000

Meetings, agendas & budget documents

This government's minutes, agendas and budget documents will appear here once its website has been added to our collection.

These are reported actuals, not adopted budgets. Census amounts are published in thousands of dollars and rounded to the nearest $1,000. Sources: Census government finances.