Township government · Cumberland County, NJ

Deerfield Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Deerfield Township took in $15.4 million and spent $1.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection)49%Township taxes48%State tax money2.6%

What stands out

49%

of Deerfield Township's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Township taxes48%

Property tax
48%$7.4 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services49%

Fees for services
49%$7.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$7.0 million
  • Garbage collection$599 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money2.6%

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

From the state
2.6%$400 thousand

Fines and other<0.1%

Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

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

Running the government and other costs72%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Sent to other local governments8.4%Health and hospitals2.8%Parks, recreation and libraries0.5%

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
72%$859 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$384 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$338 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$108 thousand
  • Government buildings$29 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$196 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$196 thousand
Sent to other local governments
8.4%$100 thousand
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$100 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.8%$34 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$34 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$6 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Deerfield Township. 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 Deerfield Township 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.