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About the TownStats Project


TownStats is the website of the New Jersey Municipal Budget Website Project and was created by The Independent Center, Inc., a non-partisan public policy group dedicated to increasing citizen participation in government, improving public access to government information, and making elections fairer and more democratic. The site was developed in consultation with high-level state and municipal government officials and academics.

The New Jersey Municipal Budget Project was conceived by Tom Byrne and Chris Daggett, co-chairs of the Property Tax and Cos Cutting Task Force of the Citizens' Campaign: Jersey Call to Service. They were frustrated by the fact that municipal budgets, employee salary data and other critical municipal government information was not readily available to citizens, public officials, community activists, journalists and academics. With a new spending cap in place and state aid likely to be frozen, municipal officia and citizens looking for places to regionalize, share services or find savings needed to be able to compare their towns to towns of similar size and demographics to be able to assess where their spending is high or low and where they can be more efficient.

The first phase of the New Jersey Municipal Budget Project was funded through the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and The Fund for New Jersey. The Rutgers University Center for Government Services joined the project as a major funder during the second phase.

Muncipal Budgets Currently Online


The TownStats prototype project currently features the 2010 municipal budgets for more than 400 municipalities representing more than 90 percent of New Jersey's population. The current list, to which towns are being added virtually on a daily basis, includes all municipalities that have posted their 2010 budgets to their websites in compliance with legislation signed into law last winter. Independent Center staffers are reaching out to those towns that have yet to comply to request copies of their municipal data sheet for use in our database.

The 417 municipalities for which budget data is available are:
  1. Aberdeen Borough (Monmouth County)
  2. Absecon City (Atlantic County)
  3. Alexandria Township (Hunterdon County)
  4. Allendale Borough (Bergen County)
  5. Allenhurst Borough (Monmouth County)
  6. Alloway Township (Salem County)
  7. Alpine Borough (Bergen County)
  8. Andover Township (Sussex County)
  9. Atlantic City (Atlantic County)
  10. Atlantic Highlands Borough(Monmouth County)
  11. Avalon Borough (Cape May County)
  12. Avon-by-the-Sea Borough (Monmouth County)
  13. Barnegat Township (Ocean County)
  14. Barnegat Light Borough (Ocean County)
  15. Barrington Borough (Camden County)
  16. Bass River Township (Burlington County)
  17. Bay Head Borough (Ocean County)
  18. Bayonne City (Hudson County)
  19. Beach Haven Borough (Ocean County)
  20. Beachwood Borough (Ocean County)
  21. Bedminster Township (Somerset County)
  22. Belleville Township (Essex County)
  23. Bellmawr Borough Camden County)
  24. Belmar Borough (Monmouth County)
  25. Bergenfield Borough (Bergen County)
  26. Berkeley Township (Ocean County)
  27. Bernards Township (Somerset County)
  28. Bernardsville Borough (Somerset County)
  29. Bethlehem Township (Hunterdon County)
  30. Blairstown Township (Warren County)
  31. Bloomfield Township (Essex County)
  32. Bloomingdale Borough (Passaic County)
  33. Bogota Borough (Bergen County)
  34. Boonton Town (Morris County)
  35. Bordentown City (Burlington County)
  36. Bordentown Township (Burlington County)
  37. Bound Brook Borough (Somerset County)
  38. Bradley Beach Borough (Monmouth County)
  39. Branchburg Township (Somerset County)
  40. Brick Township (Ocean County)
  41. Bridgeton City (Cumberland County)
  42. Bridgewater Township (Somerset County)
  43. Brielle Borough (Monmouth County)
  44. Brigantine City (Atlantic County)
  45. Brooklawn Borough (Camden County)
  46. Buena Borough (Atlantic County)
  47. Buena Vista Township (Atlantic County)
  48. Burlington City (Burlington County)
  49. Butler Borough (Morris County)
  50. Byram Township (Sussex County)
  51. Caldwell Township (Essex County)
  52. Califon Borough (Hunterdon County)
  53. Camden City (Camden County)
  54. Cape May City (Cape May County)
  55. Cape May Point Borough (Cape May County)
  56. Carneys Point Township (Salem County)
  57. Carteret Borough (Middlesex County)
  58. Cedar Grove Township (Essex County)
  59. Chatham Borough (Morris County)
  60. Chatham Township (Morris County)
  61. Cherry Hill Township (Camden County)
  62. Chester Borough (Morris County)
  63. Cinnaminson Township (Burlington County)
  64. Clark Township (Union County)
  65. Clayton Borough (Gloucester County)
  66. Clifton City (Passaic County)
  67. Clinton Town (Hunterdon County)
  68. Clinton Township (Hunterdon County)
  69. Closter Borough (Bergen County)
  70. Collingswood Borough (Camden County)
  71. Colts Neck Township (Monmouth County)
  72. Cranbury Township (Middlesex County)
  73. Cranford Township (Union County)
  74. Cresskill Borough (Bergen County)
  75. Delaware Township (Hunterdon County)
  76. Delran Township (Burlington County)
  77. Demarest Borough (Bergen County)
  78. Dennis Township (Cape May County)
  79. Denville Township (Morris County)
  80. Deptford Township (Gloucester County)
  81. Dover Town (Morris County)
  82. Dumont Borough (Bergen County)
  83. Eastampton Township (Burlington County)
  84. East Amwell Township (Hunterdon County)
  85. East Greenwich Township (Gloucester County)
  86. East Hanover Township (Morris County)
  87. East Windsor (Mercer County)
  88. Eatontown Borough (Monmouth County)
  89. Edgewater Park Township (Burlington County)
  90. Edison Township (Middlesex County)
  91. Egg Harbor City (Atlantic County)
  92. Egg Harbor Township (Atlantic County)
  93. Elizabeth City (Union County)
  94. Elk Township (Gloucester County)
  95. Elmer Borough (Salem County)
  96. Elmwood Park Borough (Bergen County)
  97. Emerson Borough (Bergen County)
  98. Englewood City (Bergen County)
  99. Englishtown Borough (Monmouth County)
  100. Essex Fells Township (Essex County)
  101. Estell Manor City (Atlantic County)
  102. Evesham Township (Burlington County)
  103. Fair Haven Borough (Monmouth County)
  104. Fair Lawn Borough (Bergen County)
  105. Fanwood Borough (Union County)
  106. Flemington Borough (Hunterdon County)
  107. Florence Township (Burlington County)
  108. Florham Park Borough (Morris County)
  109. Fort Lee (Bergen County)
  110. Frankford Township (Sussex County)
  111. Franklin Township (Gloucester County)
  112. Franklin Lakes Borough (Bergen County)
  113. Freehold Township (Monmouth County)
  114. Galloway Township (Atlantic County)
  115. Garfield City (Bergen County)
  116. Garwood Borough (Union County)
  117. Gibbsboro Borough (Camden County)
  118. Glassboro Borough (Gloucester County)
  119. Glen Rock Borough (Bergen County)
  120. Gloucester City (Camden County)
  121. Gloucester Township (Camden County)
  122. Green Township (Sussex County)
  123. Greenwich Township (Cumberland County)
  124. Greenwich Township (Gloucester County)
  125. Guttenberg Town (Hudson County)
  126. Hackensack City (Bergen County)
  127. Hackettstown Town (Warren County)
  128. Haddon Township (Camden County)
  129. Haddon Heights Borough (Camden County)
  130. Hainesport Township (Burlington County)
  131. Hamburg Borough (Sussex County)
  132. Hamilton Township (Atlantic County)
  133. Hamilton Township (Mercer County)
  134. Hammonton Township (Atlantic County)
  135. Hampton Borough (Hunterdon County)
  136. Hampton Township (Sussex County)
  137. Hanover Township (Morris County)
  138. Hardyston Township (Sussex County)
  139. Harding Township (Morris County)
  140. Harrison Town (Hudson County)
  141. Harrison Township (Gloucester County)
  142. Harvey Cedars Borough (Ocean County)
  143. Hasbrouck Heights Borough (Bergen County)
  144. Haworth Borough (Bergen County)
  145. Hawthorne Borough (Passaic County)
  146. Hazlet Township (Monmouth County)
  147. Helmetta Borough (Middlesex County)
  148. High Bridge Borough (Hunterdon County)
  149. Highland Park Borough (Middlesex County)
  150. Highlands Borough (Monmouth County)
  151. Hightstown Borough (Mercer County)
  152. Hillsborough Township (Somerset County)
  153. Hillsdale Borough (Bergen County)
  154. Hoboken City (Hudson County)
  155. Ho-Ho-Kus Borough (Bergen County)
  156. Holland Township (Hunterdon County)
  157. Holmdel Township (Monmouth County)
  158. Hopatcong Borough (Sussex County)
  159. Hope Township (Warren County)
  160. Hopewell Township (Cumberland County)
  161. Hopewell Township (Mercer County)
  162. Howell Township (Monmouth County)
  163. Independence Township (Warren County)
  164. Island Heights Borough (Ocean County)
  165. Interlaken Borough (Monmouth County)
  166. Irvington Township (Essex County)
  167. Jackson Township (Ocean County)
  168. Jamesburg Borough (Middlesex County)
  169. Jefferson Township (Morris County)
  170. Jersey City (Hudson County)
  171. Keansburg Borough (Monmouth County)
  172. Kearny Town (Hudson County)
  173. Kenilworth Borough (Union County)
  174. Keyport Borough (Monmouth County)
  175. Kinnelon Borough (Morris County)
  176. Knowlton Township (Warren County)
  177. Lacey Township (Ocean County)
  178. Lafayette Township (Sussex County)
  179. Lake Como Borough (Monmouth County)
  180. Lakehurst Borough (Ocean County)
  181. Lakewood Township (Ocean County)
  182. Lambertville City (Hunterdon County)
  183. Laurel Springs Borough (Camden County)
  184. Lavallette Borough (Ocean County)
  185. Lawnside Borough (Camden County)
  186. Lawrence Township (Mercer County)
  187. Leonia Borough (Bergen County)
  188. Liberty Township (Warren County)
  189. Lincoln Park Borough (Morris County)
  190. Linden City (Union County)
  191. Lindenwold Borough (Camden County)
  192. Linwood City (Atlantic County)
  193. Little Falls (Passaic County)
  194. Little Ferry Borough (Bergen County)
  195. Little Silver Borough (Monmouth County)
  196. Livingston Township (Essex County)
  197. Loch Arbour Village (Monmouth County)
  198. Logan Township (Gloucester County)
  199. Long Beach Township (Ocean County)
  200. Long Branch City (Monmouth County)
  201. Long Hill Township (Morris County)
  202. Longport Borough (Atlantic County)
  203. Lopatcong Township (Warren County)
  204. Lower Township (Cape May County)
  205. Lumberton Township (Burlington County)
  206. Lyndhurst Township (Bergen County)
  207. Magnolia Borough (Camden County)
  208. Mahwah Township (Bergen County)
  209. Manalapan Township (Monmouth County)
  210. Manasquan Borough (Monmouth County)
  211. Manchester Township (Ocean County)
  212. Mannington Township (Salem County)
  213. Mansfield Township (Warren County)
  214. Mantoloking Borough (Ocean County)
  215. Mantua Township (Gloucester County)
  216. Manville Borough (Somerset County)
  217. Maple Shade Borough (Burlington County)
  218. Maplewood Township (Essex County)
  219. Margate City (Atlantic County)
  220. Maurice River Township (Cumberland County)
  221. Maywood Borough (Bergen County)
  222. Medford Township (Burlington County)
  223. Medford Lakes Borough (Burlington County)
  224. Mendham Borough (Morris County)
  225. Merchantville Borough (Camden County)
  226. Metuchen Borough (Middlesex County)
  227. Middle Township (Cape May County)
  228. Middlesex Borough (Middlesex County)
  229. Middletown Township (Monmouth County)
  230. Midland Park Borough (Bergen County)
  231. Millburn Township (Essex County)
  232. Millstone Township (Monmouth County)
  233. Mine Hill Township (Morris County)
  234. Monmouth Beach Borough (Monmouth County)
  235. Monroe Township (Middlesex County)
  236. Montague Township (Sussex County)
  237. Montclair Township (Essex County)
  238. Montvale Borough (Bergen County)
  239. Montville Township (Morris County)
  240. Mount Laurel Township (Burlington County)
  241. Mountainside Borough (Union County)
  242. Moorestown Township (Burlington County)
  243. Morris Township (Morris County)
  244. Morristown Town (Morris County)
  245. Morris Plains Borough (Morris County)
  246. Mount Arlington Borough (Morris County)
  247. Mount Laurel Township (Burlington County)
  248. Mount Olive Township (Morris County)
  249. Mountain Lakes Borough (Morris County)
  250. Mullica Township (Atlantic County)
  251. National Park Borough (Gloucester County)
  252. Neptune City Borough (Monmouth County)
  253. Netcong Borough (Morris County)
  254. Newark City (Essex County)
  255. New Brunswick City (Middlesex County)
  256. New Milford Borough (Bergen County)
  257. Newton Town (Sussex County)
  258. North Arlington Borough (Bergen County)
  259. North Bergen Township (Hudson County)
  260. North Brunswick Township (Middlesex County)
  261. North Haledon Borough (Passaic County)
  262. North Hanover Township (Burlington County)
  263. North Plainfield Borough (Somerset County)
  264. North Wildwood City (Cape May County)
  265. Northfield City (Atlantic County)
  266. Northvale Borough (Bergen County)
  267. Norwood Borough (Bergen County)
  268. Nutley Township (Essex County)
  269. Oakland Borough (Bergen County)
  270. Oaklyn Borough (Camden County)
  271. Ocean Township (Monmouth County)
  272. Ocean Township (Ocean County)
  273. Ocean City (Cape May)
  274. Oceanport Borough (Monmouth County)
  275. Old Bridge Township (Middlesex County)
  276. Old Tappan Borough (Bergen County)
  277. Oldmans Township (Salem County)
  278. Oradell Borough (Bergen County)
  279. Orange City (Essex County)
  280. Oxford Township (Warren County)
  281. Paramus Borough (Bergen County)
  282. Park Ridge Borough (Bergen County)
  283. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (Morris County)
  284. Passaic City (Passaic County)
  285. Paterson City (Passaic County)
  286. Paulsboro Borough (Gloucester County)
  287. Peapack-Gladstone Borough (Somerset County)
  288. Pemberton Township (Burlington County)
  289. Pennington Borough (Mercer County)
  290. Pennsauken Township (Camden County)
  291. Pennsville Township (Salem County)
  292. Pequannock Township (Morris County)
  293. Perth Amboy City (Middlesex County)
  294. Phillipsburg Town (Warren County)
  295. Piscataway Township (Middlesex County)
  296. Pilesgrove (Salem County)
  297. Pine Hill Borough (Camden County)
  298. Pitman Borough (Gloucester County)
  299. Pittsgrove Township (Salem County)
  300. Plainsboro Township (Middlesex County)
  301. Plainfield City (Union County)
  302. Pleasantville City (Atlantic County)
  303. Plumsted Township (Ocean County)
  304. Point Pleasant Beach Borough (Ocean County)
  305. Pompton Lakes Borough (Passaic County)
  306. Princeton Borough (Mercer County)
  307. Princeton Township (Mercer County)
  308. Quinton Township (Salem County)
  309. Rahway City (Union County)
  310. Ramsey Borough (Bergen County)
  311. Randolph Township (Morris County)
  312. Raritan Township (Hunterdon County)
  313. Readington Township (Hunterdon County)
  314. Red Bank Borough (Monmouth County)
  315. Ridgewood Village (Bergen County)
  316. Ringwood Borough (Passaic County)
  317. River Edge Borough (Bergen County)
  318. River Vale Township (Bergen County)
  319. Riverdale Borough (Morris County)
  320. Riverside Township (Burlington County)
  321. Riverton (Burlington County)
  322. Robbinsville Township (Mercer County)
  323. Rochelle Park Township (Bergen County)
  324. Rockaway Borough (Morris County)
  325. Rockleigh Borough (Bergen County)
  326. Rocky Hill Borough (Somerset County)
  327. Roseland Borough (Essex County)
  328. Roselle Borough (Union County)
  329. Roselle Park Borough (Union County)
  330. Roxbury Township (Morris County)
  331. Rumson Borough (Monmouth County)
  332. Runnemede Borough (Camden County)
  333. Rutherford Borough (Bergen County)
  334. Sandyston Township (Warren County)
  335. Sayreville Borough (Middlesex County)
  336. Scotch Plains Township (Union County)
  337. Sea Bright Borough (Monmouth County)
  338. Sea Girt Borough (Monmouth County)
  339. Sea Isle City (Cape May County)
  340. Seaside Park Borough (Ocean County)
  341. Secaucus Town (Hudson County)
  342. Ship Bottom Borough (Ocean County)
  343. Shrewsbury Borough (Monmouth County)
  344. Somerdale Borough (Camden County)
  345. Somerville Borough (Somerset County)
  346. South Amboy City (Middlesex County)
  347. South Bound Brook Borough (Somerset County)
  348. South Brunswick Township (Middlesex County)
  349. South Hackensack Township (Bergen County)
  350. South Harrison Township (Gloucester County)
  351. South River Borough (Middlesex County)
  352. South Toms River Borough (Ocean County)
  353. Southampton Township (Burllington County)
  354. Spring Lake Borough (Monmouth County)
  355. Spring Lake Heights Borough (Monmouth County)
  356. Springfield Township (Burlington County)
  357. Stafford Township (Ocean County)
  358. Stanhope Borough (Sussex County)
  359. Stillwater Township (Sussex County)
  360. Stratford Borough (Camden County)
  361. Stone Harbor Borough (Cape May County)
  362. Summit City (Union County)
  363. Swedesboro Borough (Gloucester County)
  364. Tenafly Borough (Bergen County)
  365. Tewksbury Township (Hunterdon County)
  366. Tinton Falls Borough (Monmouth County)
  367. Toms River (Ocean County)
  368. Trenton City (Mercer County)
  369. Tuckerton Borough (Ocean County)
  370. Union Beach Borough (Monmouth County)
  371. Union Township (Hunterdon County)
  372. Union Township (Union County)
  373. Upper Township (Cape May County)
  374. Upper Deerfield Township (Cumberland County)
  375. Upper Freehold Township (Monmouth County)
  376. Ventnor City (Atlantic County)
  377. Verona Township (Essex County)
  378. Vernon Township (Sussex County)
  379. Vineland City (Cumberland County)
  380. Voorhees Township (Camden County)
  381. Wall Township (Monmouth County)
  382. Wanaque Borough (Passaic County)
  383. Wantage Township (Sussex County)
  384. Warren Township (Somerset County)
  385. Washington Borough (Warren County)
  386. Washington Township (Bergen County)
  387. Washington Township (Gloucester County)
  388. Washington Township (Morris County)
  389. Washington Township (Warren County)
  390. Watchung Township (Somerset County)
  391. Waterford Township (Camden County)
  392. Wayne Township (Passaic County)
  393. Wenonah Borough (Gloucester County)
  394. West Amwell Township (Hunterdon County)
  395. West Caldwell Township (Essex County)
  396. West Cape May Borough (Cape May County)
  397. West Deptford Township (Gloucester County)
  398. West Milford Township (Passaic County)
  399. West Orange Township (Essex County)
  400. West Wildwood Borough (Cape May County)
  401. West Windsor Township (Mercer County)
  402. Westville Borough (Gloucester County)
  403. Westwood Borough (Bergen County)
  404. Weymouth Township (Atlantic County)
  405. Wharton Borough (Morris County)
  406. White Township (Warren County)
  407. Wildwood Crest Borough (Cape May County)
  408. Willingboro Township (Burlington County)
  409. Winslow Township (Camden County)
  410. Woodbine Borough (Cape May County)
  411. Woodbridge Township (Middlesex County)
  412. Woodbury City (Gloucester County)
  413. Woodland Park Borough (Passaic County)
  414. Wood-Ridge Borough (Bergen County)
  415. Woodstown Borough (Salem County)
  416. Woolwich Township (Gloucester County)
  417. Wyckoff Township (Bergen County)

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