Township government · Hunterdon County, NJ

East Amwell Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), East Amwell Township took in $2.5 million and spent $2.0 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 taxes67%State tax money21%Fines and other12%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

10%

of East Amwell Township's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Township taxes67%

Property tax
67%$1.7 million

State tax money21%

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

From the state
21%$536 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$10 thousand

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
10%$261 thousand
Fines
1.4%$36 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs64%Roads, transit and parking20%Police, fire, courts and jails5.3%Interest on debt2.8%Health and hospitals2.7%All other spending5.0%

What stands out

64%

of East Amwell Township's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
64%$1.3 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$662 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$287 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$278 thousand
  • Government buildings$28 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$404 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$404 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.3%$105 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$85 thousand
  • Police$16 thousand
  • Fire protection$4 thousand
Interest on debt
2.8%$55 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.7%$54 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$54 thousand
Social services
2.4%$48 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$48 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.6%$31 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$31 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.6%$12 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$12 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$8 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

East Amwell 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 East Amwell 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.