Township government · Essex County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Maplewood Township took in $36.1 million and spent $25.9 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 taxes93%Fees for services (sewer)4.8%Fines and other1.4%State tax money1.1%

What stands out

92%

of Maplewood Township's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 53%.

Township taxes93%

Property tax
92%$33.1 million
Other taxes
1.0%$353 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$315 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$38 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.8%

Fees for services
4.8%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer
  • Sewer$1.7 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money1.1%

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

From the state
1.1%$411 thousand

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.4%$507 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails63%Parks, recreation and libraries14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Running the government and other costs9.8%Health and hospitals1.3%All other spending0.2%

What stands out

63%

of Maplewood Township's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
63%$16.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$9.6 million
  • Fire protection$6.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$610 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
14%$3.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$2.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.2 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$2.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$1.8 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.2 million
Running the government and other costs
9.8%$2.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
  • Government buildings$688 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$672 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.3%$326 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$326 thousand
Social services
0.1%$33 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$33 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.1%$28 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingToll roads and bridges
  • Toll roads and bridges$28 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Maplewood 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 Maplewood 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.