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Wauwatosa City

Cities & villages · Milwaukee County · Wisconsin · population 47,289

$108,781,296revenue, 2024
$108,483,115spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$108,781,296 $108,483,115$298,181
2023$102,624,879 $96,033,136$6,591,743

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $51,475,377
  • Federal Aids $10,294,906
  • Tax Increments $9,950,813
  • Other Financing Sources $7,298,024
  • Public Charges for Services $5,907,505
  • Interest Income $5,038,727
  • State Shared Revenues $3,894,483
  • State Highway Aids $2,576,519
  • Licenses and Permits $2,337,647
  • Other Taxes $2,328,638

Where it went (2024)

  • Law Enforcement $21,155,544
  • Fire $9,837,505
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $9,795,000
  • Parks and Recreation $9,465,130
  • Conservation and Development $9,411,435
  • Ambulance $8,460,637
  • General Government $7,675,095
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $4,485,151
  • Highway Construction $4,324,294
  • Other Transportation $4,318,686
  • Road- Related Facilities $4,117,922
  • Culture and Education $3,595,823

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$121,451,000 $106,292,000$15,159,000
2023$114,836,000 $96,712,000$18,124,000
2022$105,766,000 $95,563,000$10,203,000
2021$101,739,000 $98,823,000$2,916,000
2020$97,832,000 $92,303,000$5,529,000
2019$93,930,000 $89,423,000$4,507,000
2018$87,130,000 $84,812,000$2,318,000
2017$84,752,000 $99,094,000$-14,342,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $57,990,000
  • Charges for services $21,668,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $10,493,000
  • Other revenue $9,063,000
  • State aid $8,801,000
  • Other taxes $5,240,000
  • Aid from other local governments $4,247,000
  • Federal aid $3,949,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Police $21,491,000
  • Highways & roads $14,997,000
  • Health $10,518,000
  • Fire protection $9,672,000
  • Water utility $8,204,000
  • Sewer $7,643,000
  • Housing & community development $5,961,000
  • General / other $5,661,000
  • Interest on debt $4,783,000
  • Libraries $3,380,000
  • Parks & recreation $2,948,000
  • Central staff $2,678,000

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.