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The price of local government in 2017: Village of Northfield

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The Village of Northfield budget was $17.40 million for its 2017 fiscal year, or $7,131 per household.

That's a decrease of 8.1 percent from 2016, when the village spent $18.94 million, or $7,762 per household.

Northfield has 2,440 households and a population of 5,456.

Since 2001, the Village of Northfield budget has grown by 28.5 percent, from $13.54 million. The village population has grown 1.2 percent over the same period, from 5,389.

Salaries accounted for 38 percent of village spending in 2017. Northfield property taxpayers paid $6.61 million for 47 full-time employees and 63 part-time employees.

In 2001, the village had 56 full-time employees and 58 part-time employees, and spent $5.77 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
5,456
$17,400,382
$6,609,277
38
110
$60,084
2016
5,484
$18,939,365
$6,556,019
34.6
111
$59,063
2015
5,483
$15,456,856
$6,496,634
42
108
$60,154
2014
5,482
$17,125,572
$6,373,689
37.2
113
$56,404
2013
5,380
$16,375,242
$6,251,584
38.2
103
$60,695
2012
5,420
$15,957,676
$6,177,547
38.7
114
$54,189
2011
5,420
$16,703,875
$6,451,217
38.6
108
$59,733
2010
5,726
$16,872,229
$6,625,590
39.3
119
$55,677
2009
5,726
$19,153,321
$6,846,927
35.7
99
$69,161
2008
5,726
$15,130,311
$6,690,003
44.2
114
$58,684
2007
5,726
$15,791,265
$6,983,564
44.2
120
$58,196
2006
5,726
$17,532,788
$6,776,204
38.6
123
$55,091
2005
5,548
$19,700,629
$7,752,980
39.4
121
$64,074
2004
5,548
$15,748,484
$7,232,038
45.9
104
$69,539
2003
5,389
$13,896,224
$7,013,425
50.5
111
$63,184
2002
5,389
$14,321,020
$5,799,294
40.5
106
$54,710
2001
5,389
$13,537,144
$5,765,240
42.6
114
$50,572

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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