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The price of local government in 2017: Village of Park Forest

Budget 07

The Village of Park Forest budget was $52.33 million for its 2017 fiscal year, or $9,861 per household.

That's a decrease of 1.8 percent from 2016, when the village spent $53.27 million, or $10,037 per household.

Park Forest has 5,307 households and a population of 21,785.

Since 2001, the Village of Park Forest budget has grown by 34.8 percent, from $38.82 million. The village population has fallen 7.1 percent over the same period, from 23,462.

Salaries accounted for 28.6 percent of village spending in 2017. Park Forest property taxpayers paid $14.98 million for 155 full-time employees and 60 part-time employees.

In 2001, the village had 162 full-time employees and 196 part-time employees, and spent $12.22 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
21,785
$52,333,416
$14,977,068
28.6
215
$69,661
2016
21,954
$53,267,237
$14,329,815
26.9
384
$37,317
2015
21,975
$51,861,602
$13,901,011
26.8
293
$47,444
2014
22,056
$49,304,000
$13,564,910
27.5
295
$45,983
2013
21,975
$64,737,862
$13,296,959
20.5
295
$45,074
2012
21,975
$55,067,620
$14,115,950
25.6
326
$43,300
2011
21,975
$49,650,368
$14,272,446
28.7
318
$44,882
2010
22,462
$51,298,266
$14,126,708
27.5
335
$42,169
2009
22,687
$50,959,382
$14,231,702
27.9
347
$41,014
2008
23,462
$46,390,990
$13,899,719
30
354
$39,265
2007
23,462
$43,082,215
$13,800,267
32
362
$38,122
2006
23,462
$44,373,090
$13,721,410
30.9
406
$33,797
2005
30,000
$43,345,272
$13,805,682
31.9
356
$38,780
2004
23,462
$41,378,522
$13,741,904
33.2
391
$35,146
2003
23,462
$35,561,246
$13,466,483
37.9
385
$34,978
2002
23,462
$39,793,523
$12,681,330
31.9
372
$34,090
2001
23,462
$38,816,392
$12,221,348
31.5
358
$34,138

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

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