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Demographics

Socioeconomic

County

Plymouth

School Structure

 

Form of Government

Town Administrative
Selectmen
Open Town Meeting

2007 Population

14,385

2008 Labor Force

8,131

2008 Unemployment Rate

4.8

1999 Per Capita Income

23,002

2007 Population Per Square Mile

2,066.8

2007 Housing Units Per Square Mile

733.3

2007 Road Miles

54.20

EQV Per Capita (2008 EQV/2007 Population)

114,084

Number of Registered Vehicles (January 2008)

14,118

Average Age of Vehicles (January 2008)

9.7

2006 Number of Registered Voters

9,170

Bond Ratings

Moody’s Bond Rating as of July 2008*

A2

S & P Bond Rating as of July 2008*

A+

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Estimated Cherry Sheet Aid

Education Aid

131,107

General Government

2,799,623

Total Receipts

2,930,730

Total Assessments

162,091

Net State Aid

2,768,639

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Tax Classification

Tax Classification

Assessed Values

Tax Levy

Tax Rate

Residential

1,404,228,803

15,306,094

10.90

Open Space

0

0

0.00

Commercial

87,859,762

957,671

10.90

Industrial

23,115,077

251,954

10.90

Personal Property

18,727,881

204,134

10.90

Total

1,533,931,523

16,719,853

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Revenues by Source

 

Revenue Source

 

Percent of Total

Tax Levy

16,719,854

56.58

State Aid

2,930,730

9.92

Local Receipts

6,589,703

22.30

Other Available

3,307,923

11.20

Total

29,548,210

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Proposition 2½ Levy Capacity

New Growth

195,011

 

Override

0

 

Debt Exclusion

1,031,279

 

Levy Limit

16,748,562

 

Excess Capacity

28,709

 

Ceiling

38,348,288

 

Override Capacity

22,631,005

 

 

Other Available Funds


7/1/2007
Free Cash

FY2007
Stabilization Fund

FY2008
Overlay Reserve

623,895

2,216,106

164,539

Fiscal Year 2008 Average Single Family Tax Bill**

Number of Single Family Parcels

3,262

Assessed Value of Single Family

318,375

Average Single Family Tax Bill

3,470

State Average Single Family Tax Bill

Fiscal Year 2005

3,588

Fiscal Year 2006

3,801

Fiscal Year 2007

3,962

Whitman issues property tax bills Semi-Annually.

**For the communities granting residential exemptions, DLS does not collect enough information to calculate an average single-family tax bill.  In FY08 those communities are Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Marlborough, Nantucket, Somerville, Somerset, Tisbury, Waltham and Watertown.  Therefore, the average single-family tax bill information in this report will be blank.

Fiscal Year 2007 Schedule A – Actual Revenues and Expenditures

 

General Fund

Special Revenue

Capital Projects

Enterprise Funds

Trust Revenue

Total All Funds

Revenues

22,882,595

902,894

0

2,741,515

171,959

26,698,963

Expenditures

23,056,507

240,003

6,055

3,759,132

61,353

27,123,050

   Police

2,372,457

0

0

0

0

2,372,457

   Fire

2,256,927

0

0

0

0

2,256,927

   Education

10,250,822

0

0

0

0

10,250,822

   Public Works

2,738,449

4,590

0

3,759,132

0

6,502,171

General Fund  Debt Service

309,293

 

 

 

 

309,293

   Health Ins

1,154,006

0

0

0

0

1,154,006

   Pension

953,013

0

0

0

0

953,013

   All Other

3,021,540

235,413

6,055

0

61,353

3,324,361

This data only represents the revenues and expenditures occurring in these funds and does not reflect any transfers to or from other funds.  Therefore, this data should not be used to calculate an ending fund balance.

Total Revenues and Expenditures Per Capita

 

General Fund

Special Revenue

Capital Projects

Enterprise Funds

Trust Revenue

Total All Funds

Revenues

1,590.7

62.8

0.0

190.6

12.0

1,856.0

Expenditures

1,602.8

16.7

0.4

261.3

4.3

1,885.5

 

If you have questions regarding the data contained in this report, please contact the Municipal Databank/Local Aid Section at (617) 626-2384 or databank@dor.state.ma.us.

 
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