February 24, 2012

Taxation

Revenue per Resident in Rhode Island Municipalities

Carroll Andrew Morse

While the percentage measures used in the previous posts provide initial insights into the question of willingness and ability to pay with regards to local taxation, the total picture requires looking at an absolute measure of what each RI city and town has available to spend, since the cost structure for local services is not a linear function of local income. For example the fact that per-capita income in North Providence is 80% of what it is in Foster does not mean that North Providence can provide the same services for 80% of what they cost in Foster.

Revenue from five sources for fiscal year 2011 (with the exception of the fire levies, noted below) is included in this table:

  1. The real property levy from all sources; residential, commercial and industrial.
  2. State non-education aid, which includes PILOT payments and the state car-tax reimbursement.
  3. Fire-district levies from all sources (using the 2010 data).
  4. Local car-tax levies.
  5. State education aid.
Local levy figures (including the fire district figures) are from the annual statements compiled by the Division of Municipal Finance. State aid figures are taken Rhode Island's publicly available state budget documents.

The amounts in each of the five categories for each city/town are below the fold, in Table 4.

Results are ranked using the sum of the five revenue sources per-capita...

Community Revenue From All
Considered Sources 		Population Estimated Revenue
per Resident
New Shoreham $8,569,119 1,051 $8,153
East Greenwich $48,431,608 13,146 $3,684
Jamestown $18,984,613 5,405 $3,512
Barrington $56,539,329 16,310 $3,467
West Greenwich $19,504,001 6,135 $3,179
Charlestown $24,593,699 7,827 $3,142
Westerly $71,429,766 22,787 $3,135
Middletown $49,407,769 16,150 $3,059
Foster $13,860,749 4,606 $3,009
Newport $73,014,485 24,672 $2,959
Portsmouth $51,175,543 17,389 $2,943
Hopkinton $23,912,807 8,188 $2,920
Little Compton $10,196,191 3,492 $2,920
Narragansett $45,773,136 15,868 $2,885
North Kingstown $75,786,657 26,486 $2,861
Warwick $234,713,634 82,672 $2,839
Glocester $27,639,056 9,746 $2,836
Smithfield $60,184,769 21,430 $2,808
Central Falls $53,669,511 19,376 $2,770
Richmond $21,284,730 7,708 $2,761
Providence $488,555,304 178,042 $2,744
Lincoln $57,568,015 21,105 $2,728
Scituate $27,473,139 10,329 $2,660
Burrillville $41,749,102 15,955 $2,617
Exeter $16,680,553 6,425 $2,596
Cranston $207,593,421 80,387 $2,582
Warren $27,196,787 10,611 $2,563
Tiverton $39,471,890 15,780 $2,501
Coventry $85,874,992 35,014 $2,453
North Smithfield $29,330,391 11,967 $2,451
South Kingstown $74,173,165 30,639 $2,421
North Providence $75,579,151 32,078 $2,356
East Providence $108,554,357 47,037 $2,308
Woonsocket $93,586,294 41,186 $2,272
West Warwick $65,936,808 29,191 $2,259
Cumberland $73,274,936 33,506 $2,187
Johnston $62,572,597 28,769 $2,175
Pawtucket $154,046,441 71,148 $2,165
Bristol $48,178,255 22,954 $2,099

Now, to put this all together...


Table 4:

Community Real Property Levy
 Appropriated
State Aid 		Fire Levy
(2010) 		Car Tax
Levy 		State
Education Aid 		Estimated Total
Revenue
Barrington $49,117,548 $617,332 $0 $5,421,597 $1,382,853 $56,539,329
Bristol $33,043,738 $803,895 $0 $2,114,743 $12,215,879 $48,178,255
Burrillville $21,626,663 $1,114,166 $2,423,428 $4,214,812 $12,370,033 $41,749,102
Central Falls $10,435,467 $543,833 $0 $1,692,957 $40,997,254 $53,669,511
Charlestown $20,533,877 $87,662 $1,384,058 $875,848 $1,712,254 $24,593,699
Coventry $55,179,009 $423,961 $8,386,987 $4,996,092 $16,888,942 $85,874,992
Cranston $152,545,092 $5,756,330 $0 $19,779,811 $29,512,187 $207,593,421
Cumberland $49,941,956 $459,077 $6,756,292 $5,094,064 $11,023,547 $73,274,936
East Greenwich $40,998,655 $238,877 $4,163,061 $2,005,805 $1,025,209 $48,431,608
East Providence $74,502,485 $2,104,628 $0 $8,836,962 $23,110,281 $108,554,357
Exeter $10,464,440 $115,122 $1,035,934 $1,873,562 $3,191,494 $16,680,553
Foster $9,826,016 $104,033 $0 $1,143,949 $2,786,751 $13,860,749
Glocester $18,154,502 $163,465 $1,205,723 $2,012,696 $6,102,670 $27,639,056
Hopkinton $15,894,338 $94,524 $1,127,619 $1,340,465 $5,455,860 $23,912,807
Jamestown $18,051,277 $113,053 $0 $501,120 $319,163 $18,984,613
Johnston $52,967,452 $478,858 $0 $204,162 $8,922,125 $62,572,597
Lincoln $42,266,817 $416,053 $4,678,636 $4,492,145 $5,714,364 $57,568,015
Little Compton $9,604,414 $50,250 $0 $297,583 $243,944 $10,196,191
Middletown $38,717,663 $212,660 $0 $1,536,033 $8,941,414 $49,407,769
Narragansett $42,789,815 $208,960 $245,888 $1,343,389 $1,185,084 $45,773,136
Newport $60,045,258 $1,065,913 $0 $1,724,590 $10,178,723 $73,014,485
New Shoreham $8,082,112 $372,680 $0 $86,946 $27,381 $8,569,119
North Kingstown $61,167,487 $480,628 $0 $4,304,727 $9,833,815 $75,786,657
North Providence $53,952,680 $1,471,619 $0 $8,870,833 $11,284,019 $75,579,151
North Smithfield $21,234,295 $235,431 $0 $3,840,809 $4,019,856 $29,330,391
Pawtucket $76,765,817 $3,762,330 $0 $13,855,082 $59,663,211 $154,046,441
Portsmouth $43,105,307 $209,400 $493,808 $1,881,879 $5,485,149 $51,175,543
Providence $256,120,965 $29,872,599 $0 $31,634,368 $170,927,371 $488,555,304
Richmond $14,083,585 $82,074 $459,388 $1,234,689 $5,424,994 $21,284,730
Scituate $23,036,054 $219,739 $0 $1,567,667 $2,649,679 $27,473,139
Smithfield $48,585,535 $965,642 $0 $6,167,390 $4,466,202 $60,184,769
South Kingstown $59,736,318 $502,392 $2,331,788 $3,177,280 $8,425,386 $74,173,165
Tiverton $32,309,942 $199,185 $799,554 $1,277,633 $4,885,575 $39,471,890
Warren $19,657,522 $133,935 $0 $1,758,267 $5,647,063 $27,196,787
Warwick $178,253,730 $2,771,536 $0 $22,656,024 $31,032,344 $234,713,634
Westerly $58,046,078 $365,386 $3,004,157 $4,891,573 $5,122,572 $71,429,766
West Greenwich $15,102,424 $220,947 $0 $1,133,188 $3,047,443 $19,504,001
West Warwick $42,358,092 $1,905,724 $0 $3,885,599 $17,787,393 $65,936,808
Woonsocket $41,634,604 $1,911,609 $0 $7,832,720 $42,207,361 $93,586,294
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