Township government · Cape May County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Dennis Township took in $4.2 million and spent $4.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes64%State tax money33%Fines and other2.9%

What stands out

33%

of Dennis Township's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Township taxes64%

Property tax
63%$2.6 million
Other taxes
0.8%$35 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Public utility taxes$33 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money33%

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

From the state
33%$1.4 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.9%$120 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs57%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Police, fire, courts and jails6.6%Roads, transit and parking5.1%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

20%

of Dennis Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
57%$2.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$397 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$299 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$910 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$910 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$506 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$506 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.6%$305 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; fire protection and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$154 thousand
  • Fire protection$140 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$11 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.1%$234 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$234 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$11 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$11 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Dennis Township. 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 Dennis 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.