Burlington City NJ property tax rate 2025: 4.441
Burlington City, Burlington County. 4,149 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.
Burlington City at a glance
4,149 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 4.441, and the prior rate on file is 4.330 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $140,416. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 82, median $280,000. The state construction file lists 2,608 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1930. 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 Burlington City bill
Burlington City’s general rate of 4.441 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 4.330 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 53.3%, 11.6%, and 35.0%. The largest slice is schools. In Burlington County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 63.6% in New Hanover Twp. Class 2 net assessments changed from $440,567,300 to $442,843,000, up 0.5%, on 3,154 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $280,000 (82 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 53.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Burlington City
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 2,608 permits in Burlington 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 Burlington City construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Burlington City: 4.441
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Burlington County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 63.6%; this town is 53.3%. 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 Burlington towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Burlington City (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $28,456,941. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Burlington district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 4.330.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Burlington City
These figures use Burlington 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 67.37% would be assessed at about $336,850. At the general rate of 4.441, the estimated tax is $14,960. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $134,740, with an estimated tax of $5,984.
In Burlington County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $7,923 in Bass River Twp to $15,954 in Beverly City. The middle bill is $11,159 in Mansfield Twp. All Burlington towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Burlington City
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Burlington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 E FIFTH ST | 9/29/2025 | $500,000 | $241,700 |
| 438 W BROAD ST | 9/29/2025 | $319,900 | $151,100 |
| 416 FLANDERS RD | 9/22/2025 | $286,500 | $122,700 |
| 920 MOORLAND AVE | 9/16/2025 | $299,000 | $142,900 |
| 16 LYNN DR | 9/10/2025 | $450,000 | $240,400 |
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 Burlington City: $18,230
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Burlington City is $18,230 at 202 RIVERBANK, on a net assessment of $410,500 and a 2025 general rate of 4.441.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 RIVERBANK | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $410,500 | 2025 | $18,230 |
| 180 RIVERBANK | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $400,000 | 2025 | $17,764 |
| 46 RIVERBANK | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $394,800 | 2025 | $17,533 |
| 212 RIVERBANK | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $376,000 | 2025 | $16,698 |
| 20 LARDNER RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $372,800 | 2025 | $16,556 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Burlington City is $501,966 at 901 W BROAD ST, on a net assessment of $11,303,000 and a 2025 general rate of 4.441.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 W BROAD ST | 4B — Industrial | $11,303,000 | 2025 | $501,966 |
| 300 COMMERCE SQUARE BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $4,728,800 | 2025 | $210,006 |
| 499 VETERANS DRIVE | 4A — Commercial | $3,495,000 | 2025 | $155,213 |
| 350 E ROUTE 130 S | 4A — Commercial | $3,210,000 | 2025 | $142,556 |
| 2 W ROUTE 130 S | 4A — Commercial | $3,000,000 | 2025 | $133,230 |
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 Burlington City, typical class 2 assessment $140,416
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 3,155 parcels, average net assessment $140,416.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $440,567,300 to $442,843,000, up 0.5%, on 3,154 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 82 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $280,000. 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 | 3,155 | $443,012,900 | 53.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 682 | $241,597,460 | 29.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 280 | $108,616,400 | 13.0% |
| Industrial 4B | 4 | $14,004,400 | 1.7% |
| Apartment 4C | 20 | $24,930,900 | 3.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 8 | $887,663 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in Burlington City, median year built 1930
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Burlington City with a year built have a median year of 1930, about 96 years old. Of those 3,112 houses, the largest share was built Before 1940. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 76.0%, Vacant land 16.4%, Commercial 6.7%, Apartment 0.5%, Other / unclassified 0.2%, Industrial <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.