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7.1.3 Local Government Expenditures On Road Maintenance & Operations: per Capita & per $1,000 Total Personal Income (TPI)
Why is this important?
People depend on safe, effective road systems for transportation. Most of the roads in Walla Walla County are financed and maintained with public funding. Public funding levels can be a reflection of the quality and safety of local road systems.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis, total personal income (TPI) is “is the sum of net earnings by place of residence, property income, and personal current transfer receipts.” In short, TPI is the total income received from all sources of income in a particular area, such as the total income earned by all people in a city or county, from all sources of income, before any taxes are paid. Using the local government expenditures per $1,000 TPI ratio allows us to understand how big a share of a resident’s budget is contributed to road maintenance and operations.
This indicator measures the local government expenditures on road maintenance and operations in Walla Walla County on a per capita basis and per $1,000 of total personal income (TPI). Washington State is offered as a benchmark. Additional information, including the actual dollar amount of expenditures broken down into road and street: preservation, maintenance, and operations, as well as data for the Cities of Walla Walla, Prescott, Waitsburg, and College Place, can be found in the “Download Data” section.
Where are we?
During 2023, the per capita road expenditures by local governments throughout:
- Walla Walla County (non-institutionalized population) was $85.56, decreasing from $131.82 since 2012.
- Walla Walla County (institutionalized population included) was $82.93, decreasing from $127.11 since 2012.
- Washington State was $150.90, increasing from $97.71 since 2012.
During 2023, the local government road expenditures per $1,000 of total personal income (TPI) in:
- Walla Walla County was $1.53, decreasing from $3.44 in 2012.
- Washington State was $2.05, unchanged from $2.05 in 2012.
Notes:
1) The latest personal income data is from 2022.
2) Local Government expenditures in Walla Walla County are unusually low in 2023 due to the county figures not being present in the data.
Data Sources
Office of the Washington State Auditor: Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT)
- On the left side of the screen, select “Data Extracts," then "Full Extracts," and select the desired year.
- In the first Excel sheet labeled "Schedule1_YEAR," navigate to the following columns
- FinancialSummary to only include "Expenditures" and BARSAccount to include any entries that start with 542, 544, and 545.
- Next, refer to CountyName and filter by the desired county. Calculate the sum of the entries in the Amount column to calculate the amount of expenditures for the desired county.
- Population: Refer to the OFM website, under "Preliminary county data," click on the link next to "Race and Hispanic Origin," refer to "Table 1," and gather population data from the Total column for the desired year.
- Total Personal Income (TPI): Go to the BEA website, under "Personal Income and Employment by County and Metropolitan Area", select "County and MSA personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income", then “County." Select the desired area, then statistic as "Personal Income (thousands of dollars)," and the unit of measure as "Levels."
Penitentiary Population: Under Statistical Reports and Average Daily Population of Incarcerated Individuals in Prisons, see the PDF named "Fiscal Years 2010-2023." Compute the average of ADP for all the months inside the desired year.
Notes:
1) Expenditures per Capita = Total Expenditures divided by Total Population
2) Expenditures per $1,000 TPI = Total Expenditures divided by Total Personal Income
