Township government · Sussex County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Wantage Township took in $38.0 million and spent $7.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes97%Fees for services1.9%State tax money0.7%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

97%

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

Township taxes97%

Property tax
97%$36.9 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.9%

Fees for services
1.9%$733 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and other government-run businesses
  • Other service charges$702 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$31 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.7%

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

From the state
0.7%$282 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%$4 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Fines
0.2%$60 thousand
Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$35 thousand

Where it goes

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

Sent to other local governments46%Running the government and other costs20%Roads, transit and parking16%Police, fire, courts and jails9.3%Health and hospitals3.8%All other spending5.0%

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
46%$3.3 million
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$3.3 million
Running the government and other costs
20%$1.5 million
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)$683 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$496 thousand
  • Government buildings$297 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
16%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.3%$671 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$350 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$279 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$42 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.8%$273 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$273 thousand
Interest on debt
3.0%$219 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$97 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$97 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.6%$42 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$42 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wantage Township. 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 Wantage 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.