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Merton Town

Towns & townships · Waukesha County · Wisconsin · population 8,649

$8,201,680revenue, 2024
$7,802,861spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$8,201,680 $7,802,861$398,819
2023$6,810,259 $6,483,418$326,841

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $2,936,110
  • Public Charges for Services $2,228,476
  • Other Financing Sources $1,058,000
  • State Highway Aids $358,232
  • State Shared Revenues $352,360
  • Federal Aids $326,610
  • Interest Income $283,746
  • Licenses and Permits $265,603
  • Other Local Govt Aids $160,332
  • All Other State Aids $112,377

Where it went (2024)

  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $1,627,655
  • Fire $1,339,931
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $1,024,543
  • Highway Construction $858,476
  • Culture and Education $676,975
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $659,276
  • General Government $642,211
  • Ambulance $360,394
  • Law Enforcement $281,196
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $106,511
  • Parks and Recreation $102,791
  • Other Public Safety $66,192

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2022$4,849,000 $5,071,000$-222,000
2017$4,547,000 $5,592,000$-1,045,000

Where the money came from (2022)

  • Property tax $2,764,000
  • Charges for services $855,000
  • State aid $635,000
  • Other taxes $264,000
  • Aid from other local governments $198,000
  • Other revenue $132,000
  • Federal aid $1,000

Where it went (2022)

  • Highways & roads $2,090,000
  • Solid waste $730,000
  • Libraries $691,000
  • Fire protection $359,000
  • Central staff $331,000
  • Health $311,000
  • Police $219,000
  • Financial administration $110,000
  • Interest on debt $88,000
  • Protective inspection $49,000
  • Courts $35,000
  • General / other $21,000

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.