Absecon City NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.517
Absecon City, Atlantic County. 4,185 parcels in the MOD-IV 2026 file. Rate shown is tax year 2025 (latest available — not yet matched to assessment year).
Assessments are tax year 2026; latest published general rate we have is 2025. Estimate uses that rate until the 2026 rate is loaded.
Absecon City at a glance
4,185 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.517, and the prior rate on file is 3.346 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $172,391. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 91, median $295,000. The state construction file lists 2,078 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1969. A property page adds that parcel’s permits, flood zone, mapped flood elevation, and high and low ground. Owner names are not shown.
How to read a Absecon City bill
Absecon City’s general rate of 3.517 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.346 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 49.4%, 17.4%, and 33.2%. The largest slice is schools. In Atlantic County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 51.8% in Corbin City. Class 2 net assessments changed from $564,177,800 to $565,959,500, up 0.3%, on 3,280 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $295,000 (91 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 68.7%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Absecon City
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 2,078 permits in Absecon City. This file is a full record from 2021 on. Older permits are mostly missing. Work from before then can be missing here and still be at the Absecon City construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Absecon City: 3.517
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Atlantic County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 51.8%; this town is 49.4%. The largest slice here is schools. State school aid is not in these bars — it reduces the school levy before the rate is struck. All Atlantic towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Absecon City (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $6,879,713. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Atlantic district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 3.346.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Absecon City
These figures use Absecon City’s own ratio and general rate. How the same sale price is calculated for every town. This is not an appraisal and not a collector bill.
2025
A $500,000 sale at the 2025 ratio of 68.62% would be assessed at about $343,100. At the general rate of 3.517, the estimated tax is $12,067. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $137,240, with an estimated tax of $4,827.
In Atlantic County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $3,494 in Longport Boro to $17,025 in Pleasantville City. The middle bill is $10,907 in Hamilton Twp. All Atlantic towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Absecon City
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Absecon City. A $1 deed and a non-usable SR1A sale are left out. Each parcel stores one sale, so this is not every deed recorded in town.
| Address | Deed date | Sale price | Net assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 805 KATIE COURT | 12/4/2025 | $585,000 | $294,000 |
| 310 PINE ST | 11/26/2025 | $210,000 | $157,700 |
| 6L OYSTER BAY RD | 11/21/2025 | $62,000 | $84,500 |
| 720 S NEW RD UNIT 1G | 11/14/2025 | $140,000 | $40,000 |
| 150 NEW JERSEY AVE | 11/12/2025 | $550,000 | $390,000 |
Owner names are not shown. The rate year and the assessment file year differ, so this table does not print an estimated tax. This is not a collector’s bill.
Highest estimated tax in Absecon City: $23,655
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Absecon City is $23,655 at 540 FOURTH ST, on a net assessment of $672,600 and a 2025 general rate of 3.517.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540 FOURTH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $672,600 | 2025 | $23,655 |
| 520 FOURTH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $616,000 | 2025 | $21,665 |
| 615 HAY ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $600,800 | 2025 | $21,130 |
| 621 SOOY LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $554,300 | 2025 | $19,495 |
| 518 LAZY LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $519,500 | 2025 | $18,271 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Absecon City is $380,188 at 636-682 WHITE HORSE PIKE, on a net assessment of $10,810,000 and a 2025 general rate of 3.517.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636-682 WHITE HORSE PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $10,810,000 | 2025 | $380,188 |
| 421 ABSECON BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $9,161,000 | 2025 | $322,192 |
| 1020 PITNEY ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $9,100,000 | 2025 | $320,047 |
| 616 WHITE HORSE PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $5,300,000 | 2025 | $186,401 |
| 655 WHITE HORSE PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $4,765,400 | 2025 | $167,599 |
Owner names are not shown. Every parcel in this town uses the same rate, so the highest tax is the highest assessment. Commercial and industrial parcels (class 4A and 4B) are the business list. Apartment buildings are class 4C and are not in that list. This is not a collector’s bill.
Ratable base in Absecon City, typical class 2 assessment $172,391
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 3,283 parcels, average net assessment $172,391.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $564,177,800 to $565,959,500, up 0.3%, on 3,280 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 91 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $295,000. A $1 deed and a non-usable SR1A sale are left out. Each parcel stores one sale, so this is not every deed recorded that year.
Share of net assessed value by property class (MOD-IV). Not a school-quality rating.
| Class | Parcels | Net assessed | % of net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential 2 | 3,283 | $565,959,500 | 68.7% |
| Vacant land 1 | 701 | $111,672,000 | 13.5% |
| Commercial 4A | 182 | $114,323,400 | 13.9% |
| Apartment 4C | 18 | $32,433,300 | 3.9% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Absecon City, median year built 1969
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Absecon City with a year built have a median year of 1969, about 57 years old. Of those 3,249 houses, the largest share was built 1960–1979. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 78.4%, Vacant land 16.8%, Commercial 4.3%, Apartment 0.4%, Other / unclassified <0.1%. Those percentages are a count of parcels, not a share of tax dollars. The class table uses the tax-base share.
Year built
Assessor building line
Grouped from the assessor’s building abbreviation. One-family, two-family, and condo are the codes that read clearly. Other codes stay in their own group. This is not a bedroom count, and square feet are left off because most records do not include them.