Borough government · Bergen County, NJ

Upper Saddle River's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Upper Saddle River took in $62.1 million and spent $12.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Borough taxes94%Fines and other4.7%State tax money0.6%Fees for services (sewer)0.4%

What stands out

94%

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

Borough taxes94%

Property tax
94%$58.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.4%

Fees for services
0.4%$254 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$227 thousand
  • Sewer$27 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.6%

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

From the state
0.6%$368 thousand

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$2.8 million
Fines
0.1%$83 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Police, fire, courts and jails36%Running the government and other costs31%Water, sewer, trash and utilities10%Parks, recreation and libraries8.9%Roads, transit and parking7.6%All other spending5.6%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
36%$4.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$3.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$339 thousand
  • Fire protection$307 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$271 thousand
Running the government and other costs
31%$3.9 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$2.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$528 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$479 thousand
  • Government buildings$128 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
10%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.3 million
  • Sewer systems$42 thousand
  • Water supply$5 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.9%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$967 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$143 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.6%$953 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$953 thousand
Interest on debt
4.9%$608 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.8%$94 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$94 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$2 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$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Borough of Upper Saddle River. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Borough of Upper Saddle River 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.