Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Bernards Township run?
Bernards Township’s town government spent $25.4 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $911 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Bernards Township didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
About $911 per resident a year, or $2.50 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 27%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Bernards Township collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Bernards Township didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Bernards Township yet
Every year of Bernards Township’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, down from 164 in 2022.
Typical bills top $10,000 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bernards Township’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Bernards Township’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bernards Township →
Who’s in charge in Bernards Township
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Bernards Township’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on bernards.org ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 172 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (27,896).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Bernards Township School District
Bernards Township’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $29,221 per pupil, $17,522 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
New Jersey districts overall: 48% local, 46% state, 6% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Bernards Township.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: bernards.org ↗
- 2New Jersey General AssemblyState representatives
- 3New Jersey SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of New Jersey
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Bernards Township compares with the towns next door
Bernards Township’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 2 of the 5 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $834 to $1,871 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | $834 | $10,000+ |
| Harding Township | $1,871 | $10,000+ |
| Long Hill Township | estimate | $10,000+ |
| Bernardsville | estimate | $10,000+ |
| Far Hills | estimate | $9,544 |
| Bernards Township | estimate | $10,000+ |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Bernards Township’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Bernards Township’s government
How much does Bernards Township spend per resident?
About $911 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Bernards Township didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $25.6 million.
Who runs Bernards Township’s government?
See bernards.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bernards Township yet.
How many people work for Bernards Township?
162 full-time and 59 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $1.2M (about $14.1M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Bernards Township in the state legislature?
State Senate District 21 (Jon Bramnick) and General Assembly District 21 (Andrew Macurdy and Vinnie Kearney). The General Assembly district also covers 18 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Bernards Township’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Bernards Township, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →