Borough government · Camden County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Audubon took in $11.2 million and spent $8.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes81%Fines and other8.6%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)6.3%State tax money4.3%

What stands out

78%

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

Borough taxes81%

Property tax
78%$8.7 million
Other taxes
2.8%$311 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$149 thousand
  • Other licenses$148 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.3%

Fees for services
6.3%$708 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Sewer$618 thousand
  • Garbage collection$59 thousand
  • Other service charges$31 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.3%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
4.3%$478 thousand

Fines and other8.6%

Interest, rents and other
5.3%$596 thousand
Fines
3.2%$363 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs46%Police, fire, courts and jails31%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Roads, transit and parking6.7%Interest on debt4.0%All other spending2.1%

What stands out

31%

of Audubon's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
46%$4.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$261 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$188 thousand
  • Government buildings$30 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
31%$2.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$2.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$260 thousand
  • Fire protection$170 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$74 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$931 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$918 thousand
  • Sewer systems$13 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.7%$586 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$586 thousand
Interest on debt
4.0%$348 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$146 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$80 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$66 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$35 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$35 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Audubon. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Borough of Audubon 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.