Borough government · Atlantic County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Buena took in $12.7 million and spent $5.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes75%Fees for services (sewer, water)23%State tax money1.5%County and local tax money0.5%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

75%

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

Borough taxes75%

Property tax
75%$9.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$10 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$6 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$2.9 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer and water
  • Sewer$2.1 million
  • Water$752 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money1.5%

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

From the state
1.5%$191 thousand

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.5%$62 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$56 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities43%Running the government and other costs21%Sent to other local governments18%Health and hospitals7.9%Roads, transit and parking6.2%All other spending3.8%

What stands out

18%

of Buena's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
43%$2.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$1.7 million
  • Water supply$602 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$263 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$1.2 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$817 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$200 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$155 thousand
  • Government buildings$45 thousand
Sent to other local governments
18%$1.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
7.9%$468 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$468 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.2%$364 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$364 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.5%$150 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation and courts and legal services
  • Inspections and regulation$81 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$69 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$75 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Buena. 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 Buena 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.