Buena Vista Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.018
Buena Vista Twp, Atlantic County. 9,194 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.
Buena Vista Twp at a glance
9,194 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.018, and the prior rate on file is 2.872 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $216,874. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 67, median $274,000. The state construction file lists 1,059 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1965. 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 Buena Vista Twp bill
Buena Vista Twp’s general rate of 3.018 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.872 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 60.6%, 19.2%, and 20.2%. 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 $520,948,300 to $523,316,200, up 0.5%, on 2,413 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $274,000 (67 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 71.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Buena Vista Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,059 permits in Buena Vista Twp. 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 Buena Vista Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Buena Vista Twp: 3.018
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 60.6%. 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 Buena Regional (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $19,401,928. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Atlantic district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.872.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Buena Vista Twp
These figures use Buena Vista Twp’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 72.62% would be assessed at about $363,100. At the general rate of 3.018, the estimated tax is $10,958. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $145,240, with an estimated tax of $4,383.
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 Buena Vista Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Buena Vista Twp. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MC DONALD AVENUE | 12/8/2025 | $5,000 | $7,300 |
| 531 CEDAR AVENUE | 11/13/2025 | $377,550 | $191,000 |
| CEDAR LAKE DRIVE | 10/27/2025 | $650 | $1,300 |
| FAWN AVENUE | 10/27/2025 | $7,500 | $15,000 |
| 109 FAIRWAY DRIVE | 10/14/2025 | $612,500 | $326,500 |
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 Buena Vista Twp: $23,051
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Buena Vista Twp is $23,051 at 209 MAIN AVENUE, on a net assessment of $763,800 and a 2025 general rate of 3.018.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 MAIN AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $763,800 | 2025 | $23,051 |
| 141 COUNTRY CLUB LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $740,100 | 2025 | $22,336 |
| 156 COUNTRY CLUB LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $708,900 | 2025 | $21,395 |
| 236 COUNTRY CLUB LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $691,900 | 2025 | $20,882 |
| 270 LOCUST AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $687,200 | 2025 | $20,740 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Buena Vista Twp is $303,566 at 105 LINCOLN AVENUE, on a net assessment of $10,058,500 and a 2025 general rate of 3.018.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 LINCOLN AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $10,058,500 | 2025 | $303,566 |
| 281 CUMBERLAND ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $4,134,200 | 2025 | $124,770 |
| 4 COMAR PLACE | 4B — Industrial | $4,119,000 | 2025 | $124,311 |
| 113 WHEAT ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $2,963,200 | 2025 | $89,429 |
| 1168 TUCKAHOE ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $2,227,300 | 2025 | $67,220 |
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 Buena Vista Twp, typical class 2 assessment $216,874
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 2,413 parcels, average net assessment $216,874.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $520,948,300 to $523,316,200, up 0.5%, on 2,413 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 67 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $274,000. 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 | 2,413 | $523,316,200 | 71.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 6,174 | $106,004,800 | 14.4% |
| Commercial 4A | 98 | $57,064,600 | 7.8% |
| Industrial 4B | 14 | $10,909,100 | 1.5% |
| Apartment 4C | 1 | $439,800 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 132 | $33,222,900 | 4.5% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 361 | $2,967,204 | 0.4% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $738,300 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in Buena Vista Twp, median year built 1965
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Buena Vista Twp with a year built have a median year of 1965, about 61 years old. Of those 2,375 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, Vacant land 67.2%, Residential 26.2%, Farm (qualified) 3.9%, Farm (regular) 1.4%, Commercial 1.1%, Industrial 0.2%, Apartment <0.1%, 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.