TownStats: Your Window on Local Government

TownStats is an non-profit, non-partisan online database designed to give you access to important information on your town, its budget, and its taxes in a format that makes it easy to make comparisons with other towns. A project of The Independent Center, TownStats is a prototype that will soon be rolled out in other states. The project aims to provide the access and transparency that citizens need to participate fully in decision-making at the local level.

To help compare municipal spending, TownStats shows town-by-town spending in standardized categories and provides an easy comparison tool to evaluate differences. These tools are designed to give your and your elected representatives a clearer picture on potential areas to reduce taxes and/or improve services.

What is Anomaly Detection? ... Anomaly detection is the identification of rare events, items, or observations which are suspicious because they differ ...

About TownStats

TownStats was developed by The Independent Center, a non-partisan public policy institute, in consultation with state and municipal officials and finance experts. The project was funded through the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers as a joint project of The Fund For New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.





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Select up to three municipalities to compare and our software will compare statistics from
all three towns and return a comparison page.