Town Hall · Seaside Heights

Seaside Heights, NJ town hall & government

Seaside Heights spent $18.3 million in the year to December 31, 2022, about $6,043 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Seaside Heights's government.

Town budget

Where Seaside Heights's money goes

Spent
$18.3 million
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$6,043
typical New Jersey cities: $1,679
Long-term debt
$17.6 million
$5,831 per resident
Water & other utilities
$6.6 million36%
Police
$4.6 million25%
Administration & buildings
$1.4 million8%
Interest on debt
$1.1 million6%
Housing & development
$405,0002%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$356,0002%
Sewer & trash
$301,0002%
Roads & transportation
$75,000<1%
Fire
$60,000<1%
Other
$3.3 million18%

Where the money comes from

  • Utility sales 39%
  • Property taxes 31%
  • Fees & charges 18%
  • Interest, fines & other 10%
  • Sales taxes 2%
  • From the state 1%
  • Other taxes & licenses <1%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Seaside Heights

Full-time staff
56
45 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$95,700
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
24
full-time, with power of arrest
Police
29 full-time21 part
Administration & buildings
8 full-time9 part
Roads & transportation
7 full-time1 part
Housing & development
3 full-time4 part
Sewer & trash
2 full-time6 part
Water & other utilities
4 full-time
Courts, inspections & corrections
3 full-time1 part
Parks & libraries
0 full-time3 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Seaside Heights didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Central Regional School District

Seaside Heights's middle and high school district, shared with Berkeley, Island Heights, Ocean Gate and Seaside Park. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$23,523
New Jersey: $28,441
Students
2,285
in the whole district
Long-term debt
None
at year end

Where the district's money comes from New Jersey districts overall: 48% local, 46% state, 6% federal

  • Local 70%
  • State 26%
  • Federal 4%

Of the $23,523 per pupil, $13,604 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Also serving Seaside Heights: Seaside Heights Borough School District ($40,063 per pupil).

Property tax

What homeowners in Seaside Heights pay

Typical tax bill
$7,391
a year · New Jersey typical $9,590
Effective rate
1.81%
of home value · New Jersey 2.11%
Typical home value
$408,200
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the survey estimate has a wide margin.

Local

Contact Seaside Heights's government

🏛️ Official websiteseaside-heightsnj.org ↗

Town hall & decisions in Seaside Heights →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Seaside Heights

Seaside Heights is represented in Congress by Senators Cory A. Booker and Andy Kim and Representative Christopher H. Smith. Mikie Sherrill is governor.

All of Seaside Heights's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

You’re browsing

Seaside Heights

New Jersey · NJ
View town boundary →
Township / city / CDP overlaps possible.
Loading boundary…

Seaside Heights is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01