Paramus Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 1.499 after reassessment
Paramus Boro, Bergen County. 9,050 parcels in the MOD-IV 2026 file. Rate shown is tax year 2025 (latest available — not yet matched to assessment year).
2026 revaluation/reassessment town — 2026 general tax rate not in our warehouse yet. Showing 2025 rate against 2026 assessments; YoY % is withheld until the matching rate posts.
Paramus Boro at a glance
9,050 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 1.499, and the prior rate on file is 1.514 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $936,534. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 263, median $980,000. The state construction file lists 11,485 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1959. 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 Paramus Boro bill
Paramus Boro’s general rate of 1.499 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 1.514 for 2024. This municipality is on the 2026 reassessment list, so the rate move is the roll being reset. It is not, by itself, the change in the bill. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 47.4%, 16.1%, and 36.5%. The largest slice is schools. In Bergen County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 57.5% in Hasbrouck Hghts Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $7,087,786,800 to $7,616,137,900, up 7.5%, on 8,138 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $980,000 (263 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 49.0%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Paramus Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 11,485 permits in Paramus Boro. 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 Paramus Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Paramus Boro: 1.499
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Bergen County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 57.5%; this town is 47.4%. 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 Bergen towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Paramus Boro (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $6,341,379. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Bergen district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 1.514.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Paramus Boro
These figures use Paramus Boro’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 89.46% would be assessed at about $447,300. At the general rate of 1.499, the estimated tax is $6,705. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $178,920, with an estimated tax of $2,682.
In Bergen County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $3,974 in Alpine Boro to $13,038 in Ridgefield Park Village. The middle bill is $9,734 in Maywood Boro. All Bergen towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Paramus Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Paramus Boro. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 LONGVIEW COURT | 1/16/2026 | $990,000 | $844,500 |
| 23 HALCO DRIVE | 1/15/2026 | $1,525,000 | $1,345,700 |
| 265 PURDUE COURT | 1/12/2026 | $1,350,000 | $1,105,300 |
| OFF PASCACK ROAD | 1/9/2026 | $9,145,000 | $10,370,900 |
| 331 ELLEN PLACE | 1/7/2026 | $880,000 | $755,300 |
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 Paramus Boro: $98,968
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Paramus Boro is $98,968 at 158 SUMMIT DRIVE, on a net assessment of $6,602,300 and a 2025 general rate of 1.499.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 SUMMIT DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $6,602,300 | 2025 | $98,968 |
| 144 FAIRWAY TERRACE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,567,100 | 2025 | $68,461 |
| 216 ALPINE DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,485,600 | 2025 | $67,239 |
| 223 ORADELL AVE. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,325,800 | 2025 | $64,844 |
| 214 ALPINE DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,538,100 | 2025 | $53,036 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Paramus Boro is $11,879,059 at 1 GARDEN STATE PLAZA, on a net assessment of $792,465,600 and a 2025 general rate of 1.499.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GARDEN STATE PLAZA | 4A — Commercial | $792,465,600 | 2025 | $11,879,059 |
| 1 GARDEN STATE PLAZA | 4A — Commercial | $792,465,600 | 2025 | $11,879,059 |
| ROUTE 4 | 4A — Commercial | $375,000,000 | 2025 | $5,621,250 |
| 1 GARDEN STATE PLAZA | 4A — Commercial | $200,000,000 | 2025 | $2,998,000 |
| ROUTE 4 & ROUTE 17 | 4A — Commercial | $150,000,000 | 2025 | $2,248,500 |
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 Paramus Boro, typical class 2 assessment $936,534
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 8,197 parcels, average net assessment $936,534.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $7,087,786,800 to $7,616,137,900, up 7.5%, on 8,138 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the reassessment roll. It is not the change in the tax bill.
Among 263 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $980,000. 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 | 8,197 | $7,676,769,800 | 49.0% |
| Vacant land 1 | 372 | $2,121,741,700 | 13.5% |
| Commercial 4A | 451 | $5,594,972,620 | 35.7% |
| Industrial 4B | 23 | $175,756,300 | 1.1% |
| Apartment 4C | 4 | $107,217,900 | 0.7% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 1 | $756,800 | 0.0% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 1 | $4,700 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Paramus Boro, median year built 1959
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Paramus Boro with a year built have a median year of 1959, about 67 years old. Of those 8,108 houses, the largest share was built 1940–1959. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 90.6%, Commercial 5.0%, Vacant land 4.1%, Industrial 0.3%, Apartment <0.1%, Farm (regular) <0.1%, Farm (qualified) <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.