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Watertown City

Cities & villages · Jefferson County · Wisconsin · population 22,784

$52,432,988revenue, 2024
$45,878,621spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$52,432,988 $45,878,621$6,554,367
2023$36,564,846 $34,233,543$2,331,303

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Other Financing Sources $18,010,000
  • General Property Taxes $15,360,000
  • State Shared Revenues $3,997,001
  • Public Charges for Services $3,695,522
  • Interest Income $1,926,810
  • Tax Increments $1,645,722
  • All Other State Aids $1,610,882
  • Other Revenues $1,581,625
  • State Highway Aids $1,057,918
  • InLieu of Taxes $1,000,921

Where it went (2024)

  • Fire $14,158,641
  • Law Enforcement $5,841,318
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $5,800,000
  • Parks and Recreation $3,137,349
  • General Government $2,583,533
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $2,363,962
  • Highway Construction $1,909,412
  • Other Transportation $1,786,309
  • Culture and Education $1,589,528
  • Other Public Safety $1,439,763
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $1,420,481
  • Health and Human Services $1,240,872

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$47,999,000 $40,979,000$7,020,000
2023$43,902,000 $38,940,000$4,962,000
2022$42,982,000 $41,244,000$1,738,000
2021$42,488,000 $40,613,000$1,875,000
2020$42,786,000 $36,338,000$6,448,000
2019$40,581,000 $37,080,000$3,501,000
2018$37,730,000 $34,718,000$3,012,000
2017$36,199,000 $32,351,000$3,848,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $16,205,000
  • Charges for services $11,209,000
  • State aid $6,848,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $5,929,000
  • Other revenue $5,131,000
  • Federal aid $1,412,000
  • Other taxes $652,000
  • Aid from other local governments $613,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Highways & roads $7,556,000
  • Police $6,165,000
  • Sewer $4,821,000
  • Water utility $4,070,000
  • Fire protection $4,004,000
  • Parks & recreation $3,051,000
  • General / other $3,037,000
  • Solid waste $1,491,000
  • Libraries $1,424,000
  • Interest on debt $1,194,000
  • Central staff $1,160,000
  • Transit $860,000

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.