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Portage City

Cities & villages · Columbia County · Wisconsin · population 10,381

$35,497,566revenue, 2024
$33,911,914spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$35,497,566 $33,911,914$1,585,652
2023$18,342,823 $18,991,942$-649,119

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Other Financing Sources $19,289,407
  • General Property Taxes $7,038,507
  • State Shared Revenues $2,380,202
  • All Other State Aids $1,284,629
  • Public Charges for Services $734,731
  • State Highway Aids $726,479
  • Interest Income $682,813
  • Tax Increments $613,089
  • Other Revenues $591,927
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $578,334

Where it went (2024)

  • General Government $14,660,173
  • Law Enforcement $3,814,806
  • Highway Construction $2,623,869
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $1,817,717
  • Parks and Recreation $1,647,886
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $1,607,133
  • Fire $1,421,412
  • Culture and Education $1,149,133
  • Ambulance $1,054,157
  • Other Transportation $992,379
  • Other Public Safety $894,549
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $617,955

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2022$19,086,000 $18,162,000$924,000
2018$14,725,000 $15,806,000$-1,081,000
2017$14,210,000 $15,840,000$-1,630,000

Where the money came from (2022)

  • Property tax $6,192,000
  • State aid $5,186,000
  • Charges for services $2,454,000
  • Other revenue $2,054,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $1,824,000
  • Aid from other local governments $689,000
  • Other taxes $416,000
  • Federal aid $271,000

Where it went (2022)

  • Police $3,094,000
  • Highways & roads $2,042,000
  • Sewer $1,945,000
  • Water utility $1,861,000
  • Parks & recreation $1,818,000
  • General / other $1,661,000
  • Fire protection $1,370,000
  • Transit $932,000
  • Libraries $751,000
  • Interest on debt $730,000
  • Central staff $516,000
  • Solid waste $405,000

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, Wisconsin DOR.