Township government · Burlington County, NJ

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Washington Township took in $900 thousand and spent $946 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money81%Township taxes10%Fines and other8.9%

What stands out

81%

of Washington Township's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Township taxes10%

Property tax
9.8%$88 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money81%

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

From the state
81%$728 thousand

Fines and other8.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.6%$50 thousand
Fines
3.3%$30 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs46%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Housing and community development10%Roads, transit and parking6.3%All other spending5.4%

What stands out

11%

of Washington Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
46%$434 thousand
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$204 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$112 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$85 thousand
  • Government buildings$33 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$201 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$120 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$72 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$9 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$104 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$104 thousand
Housing and community development
10%$96 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.3%$60 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$60 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.3%$50 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$50 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Washington 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 Washington 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.