Borough government · Warren County, NJ

Alpha's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Alpha took in $8.7 million and spent $199 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes98%County and local tax money1.7%

What stands out

98%

of Alpha's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

Borough taxes98%

Property tax
98%$8.6 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

County and local tax money1.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.7%$145 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Health and hospitals35%Police, fire, courts and jails35%Running the government and other costs25%Parks, recreation and libraries5.0%

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
35%$70 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$70 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
35%$69 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$48 thousand
  • Police$21 thousand
Running the government and other costs
25%$50 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$34 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$16 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.0%$10 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Alpha. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Borough of Alpha itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.