Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Ocean Gate run?
Ocean Gate’s borough government spent $2.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,374 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Ocean Gate didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Ocean Gate is run
Read from the borough’s budget and official records.
About $1,374 per resident a year, or $3.76 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 26%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Ocean Gate collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Ocean Gate didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Ocean Gate yet
Every year of Ocean Gate’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the borough reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $6,168 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.72% 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 Ocean Gate’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. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Ocean Gate’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Ocean Gate →
Who’s in charge in Ocean Gate
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Ocean Gate’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The borough posts agendas and minutes on oceangatenjgov.com ↗.
One full-time borough employee for every 108 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (2,055).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Central Regional School District
Ocean Gate’s middle and high school district, shared with Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $23,523 per pupil, $13,604 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.
Ocean Gate Borough School District · $36,351 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Ocean Gate.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: oceangatenjgov.com ↗
- 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.
Reach Ocean Gate’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Ocean Gate’s government
How much does Ocean Gate spend per resident?
About $1,374 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Ocean Gate didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.4 million.
What is the property tax rate in Ocean Gate?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $6,168 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.72% of the typical home’s value, vs 2.11% across New Jersey. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see oceangatenjgov.com.
Who runs Ocean Gate’s government?
See oceangatenjgov.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Ocean Gate yet.
How many people work for Ocean Gate?
19 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $145,649 (about $1.7M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Ocean Gate 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 Ocean Gate’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 Ocean Gate, 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 →