Township government · Sussex County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Hampton Township took in $3.9 million and spent $3.3 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 taxes91%State tax money9.1%Fines and other0.3%

What stands out

87%

of Hampton Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 52%.

Township taxes91%

Property tax
87%$3.4 million
Other taxes
3.5%$137 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$134 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money9.1%

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

From the state
9.1%$358 thousand

Fines and other0.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs39%Roads, transit and parking27%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Health and hospitals0.4%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

22%

of Hampton 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
39%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$834 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$251 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$210 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
27%$896 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$896 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$717 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$717 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$363 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; fire protection and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$179 thousand
  • Fire protection$101 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$83 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$14 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$14 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$9 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$6 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$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Hampton 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 Hampton 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.