← Watauga County annual finances
2025
| Fiscal year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Population | 56175 |
| Revenues | $117,869,215 |
| Property taxes | $51,843,315 |
| Sales tax | $23,745,686 |
| Other taxes | $4,979,951 |
| Sales and services | $11,961,613 |
| Intergovernmental | $14,191,466 |
| Debt proceeds | $895,478 |
| Other revenue | $10,251,706 |
| Expenditures | $128,285,641 |
| Education | $40,200,916 |
| Public safety | $29,130,882 |
| Human services | $9,792,960 |
| General government | $22,832,035 |
| Debt service | $8,970,112 |
| Other spending | $17,358,736 |
| Salaries and wages | $18,141,137 |
| Capital outlay | $10,659,395 |
| General fund revenues | $92,168,688 |
| General fund expenditures | $78,749,370 |
| Fund balance available | $57,934,480 |
| Fund balance, % of general-fund spending | 59.6 |
| State average, % | 47.7 |
| Cash and investments, June 30 | $134,682,803 |
| Assessed valuation | $14,624,138,393 |
| Latest revaluation | 2022 |
| Tax rate per $100 | 0.318 |
| State average rate | 0.5538 |
| Taxes collected, % | 98.6 |
| Taxes uncollected | $664,683 |
| General-obligation debt | $0 |
| GO debt per resident | 0 |
| Installment and lease debt | $48,820,000 |
| Moody's rating | Aa3 |
| S&P rating | AA |
| Source | Open |
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