Township government · Ocean County, NJ

Toms River Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Toms River Township took in $135 million and spent $96.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes74%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)22%Fines and other3.4%Federal tax money0.9%State tax money0.7%

What stands out

22%

of Toms River Township's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of 50,000+ people gets 4.5%.

Township taxes74%

Property tax
69%$93.8 million
Other taxes
4.2%$5.7 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$4.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$1.5 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$113 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$29.1 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; parks and recreation and 3 more
  • Sewer$22.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.4 million
  • Other service charges$2.1 million
  • Garbage collection$407 thousand
  • Parking$319 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.9%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
0.9%$1.2 million

State tax money0.7%

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

From the state
0.7%$884 thousand

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$10 thousand

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$3.1 million
Fines
1.1%$1.5 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails32%Water, sewer, trash and utilities29%Running the government and other costs27%Parks, recreation and libraries5.4%Interest on debt3.4%All other spending3.8%

What stands out

29%

of Toms River Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$30.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$26.8 million
  • Inspections and regulation$2.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.5 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
29%$27.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$20.1 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$7.4 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$26.0 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$22.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.4%$5.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5.2 million
Interest on debt
3.4%$3.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
3.3%$3.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$2.8 million
  • Parking$453 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$459 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$459 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Toms River Township. 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 Toms River 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.