Borough government · Middlesex County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Dunellen took in $22.2 million and spent $5.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes96%State tax money2.7%Fines and other0.8%

What stands out

96%

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

Borough taxes96%

Property tax
96%$21.4 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money2.7%

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

From the state
2.7%$603 thousand

Fines and other0.8%

Fines
0.7%$157 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.1%$30 thousand

Where it goes

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

Police, fire, courts and jails42%Water, sewer, trash and utilities19%Health and hospitals17%Running the government and other costs8.1%Sent to other local governments6.1%All other spending8.0%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
42%$2.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$185 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$106 thousand
  • Fire protection$105 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
19%$1.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$940 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$82 thousand
  • Water supply$3 thousand
Health and hospitals
17%$930 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$930 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.1%$439 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$181 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$166 thousand
  • Government buildings$92 thousand
Sent to other local governments
6.1%$332 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$332 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.6%$302 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$225 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$77 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$131 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Dunellen. 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 Dunellen 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.