Township government · Monmouth County, NJ

Upper Freehold Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Upper Freehold Township took in $5.0 million and spent $4.2 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 taxes82%State tax money9.6%Fines and other8.0%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)0.8%

What stands out

77%

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

Township taxes82%

Property tax
77%$3.9 million
Other taxes
4.4%$218 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$188 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.8%

Fees for services
0.8%$42 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$17 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$15 thousand
  • Garbage collection$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money9.6%

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

From the state
9.6%$481 thousand

Fines and other8.0%

Interest, rents and other
6.9%$346 thousand
Fines
1.1%$53 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs42%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Interest on debt15%Roads, transit and parking12%Parks, recreation and libraries6.3%All other spending5.9%

What stands out

15%

of Upper Freehold Township's spending goes to interest on debt.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
42%$1.7 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$1.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$377 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$347 thousand
  • Government buildings$17 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$790 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$373 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$256 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$161 thousand
Interest on debt
15%$606 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$508 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$508 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.3%$262 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$256 thousand
  • Libraries$6 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.4%$181 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$181 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.2%$48 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$48 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$16 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$16 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Upper Freehold 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 Upper Freehold 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.