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 Prospect Park run?
Prospect Park’s borough government spent $5.4 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $922 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Prospect Park didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Prospect Park is run
Read from the borough’s budget and official records.
Passaic County Manchester Regional School District
Prospect Park’s high school district, shared with Haledon, North Haledon. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $27,793 per pupil, $17,949 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.
Prospect Park Borough School District · $28,230 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $922 per resident a year, or $2.53 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 38%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Prospect Park 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 Prospect Park yet
Every year of Prospect Park’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 →full-time in March 2025, the same as 28 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
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 Prospect Park’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 Prospect Park’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Prospect Park →
Who’s in charge in Prospect Park
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Prospect Park’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The borough posts agendas and minutes on prospectpark.net ↗.
One full-time borough employee for every 208 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 2022 finance file (5,817).
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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Prospect Park.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: prospectpark.net ↗
- 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 Prospect Park compares with the towns next door
Prospect Park’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 2 of the 4 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $665 to $1,716 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne | $665 | $10,000+ |
| Paterson | $1,716 | $10,000+ |
| Haledon | estimate | $10,000+ |
| North Haledon | estimate | $10,000+ |
| Prospect Park | 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 Prospect Park’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Prospect Park’s government
How much does Prospect Park spend per resident?
About $922 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Prospect Park didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $5.6 million.
Who runs Prospect Park’s government?
See prospectpark.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Prospect Park yet.
How many people work for Prospect Park?
28 full-time and 44 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $320,508 (about $3.8M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Prospect Park in the state legislature?
State Senate District 35 (Benjie Wimberly) and General Assembly District 35 (Al Abdelaziz and Kenyatta Stewart). The General Assembly district also covers five other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Prospect Park’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 Prospect Park, 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 →