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Waukesha City

Cities & villages · Waukesha County · Wisconsin · population 70,454

$148,128,200revenue, 2024
$138,161,215spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$148,128,200 $138,161,215$9,966,985
2023$150,606,086 $147,372,260$3,233,826

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $77,846,830
  • Other Financing Sources $19,497,104
  • Interest Income $7,201,502
  • Public Charges for Services $6,458,466
  • Tax Increments $6,437,882
  • State Shared Revenues $6,117,379
  • State Highway Aids $4,932,983
  • Federal Aids $3,736,771
  • Licenses and Permits $3,289,285
  • Other Revenues $2,556,051

Where it went (2024)

  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $26,384,717
  • Law Enforcement $21,960,311
  • Fire $16,237,326
  • General Government $11,485,579
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $10,983,730
  • Parks and Recreation $10,705,200
  • Highway Construction $7,103,162
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $6,743,202
  • Conservation and Development $6,739,529
  • Culture and Education $5,472,336
  • Other Public Safety $3,750,625
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $3,402,609

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$205,242,000 $317,608,000$-112,366,000
2023$179,737,000 $194,644,000$-14,907,000
2022$157,853,000 $204,054,000$-46,201,000
2021$148,529,000 $172,345,000$-23,816,000
2020$146,454,000 $150,531,000$-4,077,000
2019$131,734,000 $123,120,000$8,614,000
2018$123,054,000 $143,006,000$-19,952,000
2017$126,685,000 $130,105,000$-3,420,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $79,614,000
  • Charges for services $36,197,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $28,146,000
  • Other revenue $23,118,000
  • State aid $18,709,000
  • Aid from other local governments $8,352,000
  • Federal aid $6,552,000
  • Other taxes $4,554,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Water utility $139,715,000
  • General / other $31,376,000
  • Highways & roads $25,561,000
  • Police $23,055,000
  • Fire protection $17,322,000
  • Sewer $16,404,000
  • Interest on debt $14,553,000
  • Parks & recreation $14,062,000
  • Transit $9,672,000
  • Libraries $5,640,000
  • Central staff $4,934,000
  • Solid waste $3,415,000

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.