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BETHANY BEACH TOWN finances

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BETHANY BEACH TOWN

City or town in Delaware (Sussex County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 03/31); population 1,030.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$5.6 millionT
Charges and fees$5.5 millionA
Other general revenue$2.8 millionU
From the federal government$4,000B
From the state government$373,000C
From local governments$35,000D
Spending: current operations$11.2 millionE
Spending: construction$917,000F
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$29,000I
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$14.4 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$12.2 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$377,00049U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$2.6 million
Regular Highways$1.9 million
Parks & Rec$1.7 million
Water Utilities$1.5 million
Solid Waste Mgt$1.2 million
Parking$867,000
Central Staff$820,000
Financial Adm$520,000
Sewerage$469,000
Protective Inspection$283,000
Local Fire Protection$154,000
General NEC$153,000
Judicial$42,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$594,000
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$217,000
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$377,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$2.5 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$1.3 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$235,000
A91Water Utilities Revenue$1.5 million
B89Federal IG Other$4,000
C89State IG Other$373,000
D89Local IG Other$35,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$520,000
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$154,000
E25Judicial-Current Operation$42,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$820,000
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$1.4 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$781,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$1.6 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$2.6 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$283,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$261,000
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$1.2 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$153,000
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$1.4 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$494,000
F60Parking-Construction$86,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$27,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$46,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$208,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$56,000
I91Water Utilities-Interest$29,000
T01Property Tax$3.4 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$2.1 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$232,000
U11Sale of Property 2/$5,000
U20Interest Earnings$604,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$586,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$47,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$1.5 million

Source: State and local government finances 2024, annual survey sample of units (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 102005161532.