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Florida · 85,099 residents

How much does North Port spend?

$218.1M
spent in
$2,563 per resident · $2,525 in towns its size · $289.0M came in

What is North Port's money for?

Click a category to see what it pays for.

By categoryShare of budget against towns of the same size$218.1M

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteNorth Port devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

Shares of the town's counted spending. “Elsewhere”: the median share among the towns of the state closest in population — half give more, half less.

Compare with a town of the same size in Florida

North Port versus Melbourne
North PortMelbourne
Spending
$2,563 · $2,653 per residenttowns its size: $2,525
Local taxes
$799 · $961 per residenttowns its size: $977
Aid from other governments
$469 · $432 per residenttowns its size: $289
Police, fire and public safety
$941 · $818 per residenttowns its size: $875

Per resident, FY2024 accounts, against the towns of Florida closest in population. A town above or below is not better or worse run.

What it builds, levies and owes

What it builds

$34.0Minvested in FY2024 · $400 per resident · +72.8% vs FY2023

What the town's capital projects funds spent in FY2024. Construction paid from other funds is counted inside each category.

Where it goes (12 lines)
Road and Street Facilities$15.5M
Law Enforcement$6.4M
Fire Control$4.8M
Parks and Recreation$3.3M
Flood Control / Stormwater Management$1.8M
Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services$924,308
Ambulance and Rescue Services$569,757
Water-Sewer Combination Services$237,612
Other General Government Services$229,131
Water Utility Services$207,415
Public Assistance Services$42,280
Comprehensive Planning$18,100

Understand

What this page covers

Actual spending from the town's own funds, as it reports it in its Annual Financial Report, by state account code: general and special funds, utilities and the agencies it owns. Money it holds for others (pension and custodial funds) and internal service funds, which re-spend what departments already paid them, are left out. Florida does not collect voted budgets. Construction is counted inside each function.

Voted budget and actual spending

The voted budget is what the town approved before the year began. Actual spending is what it paid out, audited and reported to the state after the year ended. The two differ: money set aside is not always spent, and budgets are amended during the year.

Comparing with other towns in Florida

Each state collects its towns' figures in its own way. Some report the general fund only, others every fund; some include schools and others leave them to separate school districts. Per-resident figures are compared between towns of the same state only. A few cities also do the work of a county — San Francisco and Jacksonville among them — and spend far more per resident than a city of the same size.

Source

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, from DFS Annual Financial Reports. The state's records ↗ Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (population reported with the unit), 2024 file.

Source: Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, from DFS Annual Financial Reports.