Socioeconomic

 

 

County

Norfolk

School Structure

K-06

Form of Government

Town Administrator

Selectmen

Open Town Meeting

2006 Population

10,598

2007 Labor Force

4,754

2007 Unemployment Rate

4.4

1999 Per Capita Income

32,454

2006 Population Per Square Mile

714.2

2006 Housing Units Per Square Mile

192.8

2006 Road Miles

70.61

EQV Per Capita (2006 EQV/2006 Population)

145,880

Number of Registered Vehicles (January 2006)

10,084

Average Age of Vehicles (January 2006)

7.71

2006 Number of Registered Voters

5,956

 

 

Certification

 

 

 

Most Recent

2007

 

 

Next Scheduled

2010

 

 

 

Bond Ratings

 

 

Moody’s Bond Rating as of January 2008*

A1

S & P Bond Rating as of January 2008*

A+

 

 

*Blank indicates the community has not been rated by the bond agency.

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Estimated Cherry Sheet Aid

 

 

Education Aid

3,440,257

General Government

1,526,370

Total Receipts

4,966,627

Total Assessments

493,346

Net State Aid

4,473,281

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Tax Classification

 

 

 

 

Tax Classification

Assessed Values

Tax Levy

Tax Rate

Residential

1,426,459,510

18,230,153

12.78

Open Space

367,100

4,692

12.78

Commercial

56,031,690

716,085

12.78

Industrial

12,881,500

164,626

12.78

Personal Property

16,709,363

213,546

12.78

Total

1,512,449,163

19,329,102

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Revenues by Source

 

 

 

 

Revenue Source

 

Percent of Total

Tax Levy

19,329,100

60.54

State Aid

5,461,285

17.10

Local Receipts

6,087,916

19.07

Other Available

1,049,987

3.29

Total

31,928,288

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Proposition 2˝ Levy Capacity

 

 

New Growth

352,944

 

Override

0

 

Debt Exclusion

1,224,107

 

Levy Limit

19,337,141

 

Excess Capacity

8,039

 

Ceiling

37,811,229

 

Override Capacity

19,698,195

 

 

 

Other Available Funds

           

7/1/2007
Free Cash

FY2007
Stabilization Fund

FY2008
Overlay Reserve

327,374

499,610

112,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 Average Single Family Tax Bill**

 

 

Number of Single Family Parcels

2,868

Assessed Value of Single Family

461,197

Average Single Family Tax Bill

5,894

 

State Average Single Family Tax Bill

 

 

Fiscal Year 2005

3,588

Fiscal Year 2006

3,801

Fiscal Year 2007

3,962

 

Norfolk issues property tax bills Quarterly.

 

**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

27,049,730

3,645,848

47,792

1,374,094

187,313

32,304,777

Expenditures

27,713,176

2,695,212

767,334

1,196,381

24,005

32,396,108

   Police

1,519,208

0

0

0

0

1,519,208

   Fire

1,113,737

0

0

0

0

1,113,737

   Education

15,358,232

1,543,773

0

0

0

16,902,005

   Public Works

1,938,084

379,515

33,784

1,196,381

0

3,547,764

General Fund  Debt Service

1,963,693

 

 

 

 

1,963,693

   Health Ins

1,132,942

0

0

0

0

1,132,942

   Pension

902,495

0

0

0

0

902,495

   All Other

3,784,785

771,924

733,550

0

24,005

5,314,264

 

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