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WHEELING CITY finances

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WHEELING CITY

City or town in West Virginia (Ohio County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 26,391.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$30.3 millionT
Charges and fees$71.8 millionA
Other general revenue$3.5 millionU
From the federal government$10.0 millionB
From the state government$1.9 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$100.0 millionE
Spending: construction$19.7 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$6.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$117.5 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$126.4 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$174.2 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Parks & Rec$57.6 million
Sewerage$15.7 million
Local Fire Protection$12.0 million
Police Protection$8.8 million
Water Utilities$8.7 million
Regular Highways$8.5 million
Solid Waste Mgt$2.7 million
Financial Adm$1.8 million
Central Staff$1.5 million
General NEC$1.4 million
Parking$331,000
Judicial$233,000
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$201,000
Welfare NEC$171,000
Correction Insts$127,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$164.4 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$16.1 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$6.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$174.2 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$308,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$43.3 million
A80Sewerage Charges$9.2 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$9.1 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$9.9 million
B89Federal IG Other$10.0 million
C89State IG Other$1.9 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$127,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.8 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$12.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$233,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$1.5 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$8.5 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$201,000
E60Parking-Current Operation$238,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$49.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$8.8 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$171,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$6.0 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$2.7 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$1.4 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$7.2 million
F60Parking-Construction$93,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$8.5 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$9.6 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$1.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$5.4 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$1.2 million
T01Property Tax$6.2 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$5.9 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$427,000
T15Public Utilities Tax$1.3 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$1.4 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$13.2 million
T29Other License Tax$1.5 million
T99Taxes, NEC$320,000
U11Sale of Property 2/$47,000
U20Interest Earnings$728,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$687,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$2.1 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 542069187964.