Property Taxes Went Up In Gloucester Twp.: See The Latest Breakdown

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The average Gloucester Township homeowner's property tax bill increased 1.9 percent over the prior year, according to the latest state data.

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs recently released 2025 tax tables that break down property taxes for every city and town in the state. Figures from past years are also available.

In 2025, the average Gloucester Township homeowner paid $7,923 in property taxes on a home valued at $189,604. That's a $150 increase from last year's average of $7,773 on a $189,342 home.

Property taxes in New Jersey are mainly made up of three parts: school, municipal and county. Here's how that played out for Gloucester Township taxpayers in 2025, according to state data:

• County share: 22.7 percent
• School share: 45.2 percent
• Municipal share: 32.1 percent

Gloucester Township's tax bills increased less than New Jersey's as a whole. The average annual property tax bill in the state last year was $10,570 — a 4.7 percent bump worth $475.

Inflation rose 2.7 percent in the year 2025, according to federal data.

A high tax rate isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on the quality of services provided with that money, according to some experts.

"If you are comparing two cities and deciding which to live in, you might use property taxes as a factor," says an article in The Currency. "However, in addition to comparing the property tax rates, it’s also worth comparing the quality of the services the local government provides. There could be reasons why property taxes are higher in one area than in another."

But the rising cost of living had made it difficult for more residents to pay their bills. Property-tax delinquency in the United States ticked up to 5.1 percent last year — up from 4.5 percent in 2024 and an all-time low of 4.3 percent in 2019, according to research from Cotality.

Property taxes have risen by 27 percent during that six-year period.

"Many homebuyers assume that securing a mortgage means locking in stable monthly payments for the long term," Molly Boesel, senior principal economist at Cotality, said in a news release. "However, rising home values often lead to higher property taxes, and over the past six years, this has become a reality for many homeowners."