The average property tax bill in New Jersey increased to $9,803 last year, a $313 jump from a year earlier, according to the latest state data. Some towns have average tax bills over $20,000.
Property taxes and property values generally go hand-in-hand, meaning towns with larger, pricer homes face bigger bills. And while New Jersey tends to be known for sky-high property taxes, there are some clear outliers.
Walpack Township in Sussex County has the lowest property tax bill of any town, at just $456. Taxes in the town decreased, on average, $38 per home from 2022.
But Walpack is not a typical town. Fewer than 10 residents live in the town, which sits about a mile away from the Delaware River. Although it was always a small town, the population plummeted thanks to the proposed Tocks Island Dam project, which would have left Walkpack underwater. The project was called off in the 1970s, but the population never bounced back.
On the other end of the tax bill spectrum sits Tavistock, a just-as-small town in Camden County. Residents in Tavistock pay an average of $38,206 in property taxes. Taxes went up over $8,000 between 2022 and 2023.
Tavistock has just three houses and is primarily made up of the private Tavistock Golf Course. The town was formed in 1929 as a way to get around laws banning golfing on Sunday.
Millburn had the second highest average property tax bill at $24,947 a year, state data shows.
Here’s the highest and lowest average tax bill in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties. Click on your county to see the full breakdown.
Atlantic County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Longport Borough, $12,491
Lowest: Corbin City, $4,071
Bergen County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Demarest Borough, $23,475
Lowest: Teterboro Borough, $2,108
Burlington County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Moorestown Township, $12,330
Lowest: Washington Township $3,933
Camden County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Tavistock Borough, $38,206
Lowest: Camden City, $1,994
Cape May County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Stone Harbor Borough, $11,926
Lowest: Woodbine Borough, $2,104
Cumberland County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Greenwich Township $6,414
Lowest: Commercial Township, $2,801
Essex County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Millburn Township $24,947
Lowest: Newark City, $7,069
Gloucester County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Wenonah Borough, $10,979
Lowest: Logan Township, $4,308
Hudson County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Weehawken Township, $12,848
Lowest: Secaucus Town, $7,068
Hunterdon County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Tewksbury Township, $15,536
Lowest: Glen Gardner Borough, $7,011
Mercer County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Princeton $21,372
Lowest: Trenton City, $3,523
Middlesex County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Metuchen Borough $12,728
Lowest: New Brunswick City, $6,656
Monmouth County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Rumson Borough, $22,544
Lowest: Shrewsbury Township, $4,670
Morris County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Mountain Lakes Borough, $22,441
Lowest: Victory Gardens Borough, $5,435
Ocean County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Mantoloking Borough, $23,021
Lowest: Manchester Township, $4,695
Passaic County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Wayne Township, $13,139
Lowest: Paterson City, $9,577
Salem County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Pilesgrove Township, $10,281
Lowest: Lower Alloways Creek Township, $2,279
Somerset County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Montgomery Township, $17,067
Lowest: Bedminster Township, $6,594
Sussex County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Sparta Township, $12,980
Lowest: Walpack Township, $456
Union County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Summit City, $18,657
Lowest: Winfield Township, $4,058
Warren County - See full list, ranked
Highest: Greenwich Township, $9,803
Lowest: Phillipsburg Town, $4,686
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