NJ Releases Average Tax Bills For Essex County Towns

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration released the calendar year 2019 property tax data for New Jersey’s municipalities on Wednesday. The new release shows the average tax bill for every town in Essex County (see list below).

According to state officials, most municipalities in New Jersey saw average residential property tax decreases, or increases under two percent. Tax ratables rose 2.1 percent statewide since 2018, an increase above the five- and 10-year historical averages, with total ratables now at $1.09 trillion.

Patch ranked the average tax bill for all Essex County towns, from highest to lowest. Here’s the list, along with their average 2019 tax bill and the percentage increase or decrease from 2018:

• Millburn Township - $24,568 (1.07 percent decrease)
• Glen Ridge - $20,541 (1.64 percent decrease)
• Essex Fells - $19,861 (0.96 percent increase)
• Montclair - $19,720 (1.81 percent decrease)
• South Orange - $18,657 (1.65 percent decrease)
• Livingston - $16,190 (1.62 percent decrease)
• Maplewood - $16,110 (3.07 percent decrease)
• North Caldwell - $16,009 (0.46 percent increase)
• West Orange - $14,086 (3.12 percent decrease)
• Verona - $11,898 (3.70 percent decrease)
• Caldwell - $11,747 (3.06 percent decrease)
• Nutley - $11,519 (3.08 percent decrease)
• West Caldwell - $11,371 (2.42 percent decrease)
• Cedar Grove - $11,078 (2.08 percent decrease)
• Bloomfield - $10,798 (0.66 percent decrease)
• Roseland - $10,610 (1.12 percent decrease)
• Fairfield - $10,252 (4.2 percent decrease)
• Belleville - $9,779 (2.92 percent decrease)
• Orange - $9,449 (2.17 percent decrease)
• East Orange - $9,024 (1.18 percent decrease)
• Irvington - $7,856 (3.57 percent decrease)
• Newark - $6,652 (2.64 percent decrease)

“We’re delivering on our promise to provide property tax stability while restoring New Jersey’s fiscal standing and growing our economy,” Murphy said. “Statewide property values have grown more in the first two years of my administration than at any point since the Great Recession. That’s what we call progress.”

The administration says it is allocating hundreds of millions of dollars of constitutionally-dedicated taxpayer funds for more school aid, lowering the cost of health care for public employees, supporting more shared services between local governments, and more fully securing the long-term stability of New Jersey’s pension system.

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