Washington Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.859 after reassessment
Washington Twp, Bergen County. 3,574 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.
Washington Twp at a glance
3,574 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.859, and the prior rate on file is 2.774 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $795,243. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 69, median $730,000. The state construction file lists 2,805 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1961. 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 Washington Twp bill
Washington Twp’s general rate of 2.859 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.774 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 62.3%, 12.0%, and 25.7%. 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 $1,588,947,300 to $2,681,018,600, up 68.7%, on 3,371 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $730,000 (69 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 86.1%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Washington Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 2,805 permits in Washington 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 Washington Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Washington Twp: 2.859
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 62.3%. 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 Westwood Regional (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $4,483,323. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Bergen district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.774.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Washington Twp
These figures use Washington 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 68.01% would be assessed at about $340,050. At the general rate of 2.859, the estimated tax is $9,722. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $136,020, with an estimated tax of $3,889.
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 Washington Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2622 CLEVELAND AVE | 12/22/2025 | $685,700 | $661,500 |
| 517 HOWARD ST | 12/19/2025 | $805,000 | $765,800 |
| 874 RIDGEWOOD BLVD E | 12/12/2025 | $790,000 | $758,200 |
| 306 BEECH ST | 12/11/2025 | $625,000 | $635,600 |
| 822 MANHATTAN AVE | 12/4/2025 | $600,000 | $612,600 |
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 Washington Twp: $68,576
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Washington Twp is $68,576 at 1267 WASHINGTON AVE, on a net assessment of $2,398,600 and a 2025 general rate of 2.859.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1267 WASHINGTON AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,398,600 | 2025 | $68,576 |
| 620 VAN EMBURGH AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,209,300 | 2025 | $63,164 |
| 570 PASCACK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,196,400 | 2025 | $62,795 |
| 69 SALEM RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,191,300 | 2025 | $62,649 |
| 580 CONCORD LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,127,300 | 2025 | $60,820 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Washington Twp is $698,680 at 620 PASCACK RD, on a net assessment of $24,437,900 and a 2025 general rate of 2.859.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620 PASCACK RD | 4A — Commercial | $24,437,900 | 2025 | $698,680 |
| 285 PASCACK RD. SUITE #8 | 4A — Commercial | $16,248,700 | 2025 | $464,550 |
| 285 PASCACK RD; SUITE #8 | 4A — Commercial | $9,862,900 | 2025 | $281,980 |
| 644 PASCACK RD | 4A — Commercial | $8,315,000 | 2025 | $237,726 |
| 370 PASCACK RD | 4A — Commercial | $5,950,300 | 2025 | $170,119 |
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 Washington Twp, typical class 2 assessment $795,243
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 3,372 parcels, average net assessment $795,243.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $1,588,947,300 to $2,681,018,600, up 68.7%, on 3,371 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 69 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $730,000. 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 | 3,372 | $2,681,560,900 | 86.1% |
| Vacant land 1 | 173 | $336,165,900 | 10.8% |
| Commercial 4A | 27 | $98,321,800 | 3.2% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 1 | $2,400 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Washington Twp, median year built 1961
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Washington Twp with a year built have a median year of 1961, about 65 years old. Of those 3,341 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 94.3%, Vacant land 4.8%, Commercial 0.8%, 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.