Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Lacey Township run?
Lacey Township’s town government spent $16.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, about $553 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Lacey Township didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Lacey Township is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Lacey Township.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: laceytownship.org ↗
- 2New Jersey General AssemblyState representatives
- 3New Jersey SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseSplit between districts
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of New Jersey
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
About $553 per resident a year, or $1.52 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 45%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Lacey Township collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Lacey Township didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Lacey Township yet
Every year of Lacey Township’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. 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, up from 138 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $6,656 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.63% of the home’s value, vs 2.11% across New Jersey.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Lacey 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 Lacey Township’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Lacey Township →
Who’s in charge in Lacey Township
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Lacey Township’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on laceytownship.org ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 209 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (29,273).
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.
Lacey Township School District
Lacey Township’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $24,020 per pupil, $15,069 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.
How Lacey Township compares with the towns next door
Lacey Township’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 4 of the 5 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $558 to $1,408 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester Township | $558 | $3,617 |
| Woodland Township | $579 | $8,677 |
| Berkeley Township | $1,210 | $4,114 |
| Ocean Township | $1,408 | $6,601 |
| Barnegat Township | estimate | $7,862 |
| Lacey Township | estimate | $6,656 |
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 Lacey Township’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Lacey Township’s government
How much does Lacey Township spend per resident?
About $553 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Lacey Township didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $17.2 million.
What is the property tax rate in Lacey Township?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $6,656 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.63% of the typical home’s value, vs 2.11% across New Jersey. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see laceytownship.org.
Who runs Lacey Township’s government?
See laceytownship.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lacey Township yet.
How many people work for Lacey Township?
140 full-time and 29 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $1.2M (about $14.9M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Lacey Township in the state legislature?
State Senate District 9 (Carmen Amato) and General Assembly District 09 (Brian Rumpf and Greg Myhre). The General Assembly district also covers 18 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Lacey Township’s government
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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 Lacey 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 →