Borough government · Ocean County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Tuckerton took in $13.8 million and spent $11.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes79%Fees for services (sewer, water)18%Federal tax money2.6%Fines and other0.7%State tax money0.3%

What stands out

78%

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

Borough taxes79%

Property tax
78%$10.8 million
Other taxes
0.4%$59 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$48 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$2.4 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer and water
  • Sewer$1.6 million
  • Water$860 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.6%

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

From the federal government
2.6%$355 thousand

State tax money0.3%

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

From the state
0.3%$42 thousand

Fines and other0.7%

Fines
0.3%$48 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.3%$43 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments70%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.2%Interest on debt5.0%Running the government and other costs4.0%Health and hospitals0.1%

What stands out

70%

of Tuckerton's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
70%$8.0 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$7.9 million
  • Sent to the state government$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$84 thousand
  • Fire protection$70 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.2%$704 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$276 thousand
  • Sewer systems$214 thousand
  • Water supply$214 thousand
Interest on debt
5.0%$565 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt and interest on general debt
  • Interest on water supply debt$514 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$51 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$451 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$211 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$168 thousand
  • Government buildings$72 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$13 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Tuckerton. 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 Tuckerton 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.