Waterford Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 4.560
Waterford Twp, Camden County. 4,696 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.
Waterford Twp at a glance
4,696 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 4.560, and the prior rate on file is 4.406 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $174,831. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 88, median $356,000. The state construction file lists 2,002 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1978. 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 Waterford Twp bill
Waterford Twp’s general rate of 4.560 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 4.406 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 49.0%, 20.7%, and 30.2%. The largest slice is schools. In Camden County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 49.0% in Waterford Twp. Class 2 net assessments changed from $627,212,700 to $628,866,900, up 0.3%, on 3,597 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $356,000 (88 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 75.0%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Waterford Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 2,002 permits in Waterford 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 Waterford Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Waterford Twp: 4.560
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Camden County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 49.0%; this town is 49.0%. 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 Camden towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Waterford Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $16,077,127. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Camden district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 4.406.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Waterford Twp
These figures use Waterford 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 59.81% would be assessed at about $299,050. At the general rate of 4.560, the estimated tax is $13,637. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $119,620, with an estimated tax of $5,455.
In Camden County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $6,621 in Pennsauken Twp to $34,552 in Audubon Park Boro. The middle bill is $14,509 in Bellmawr Boro. All Camden towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Waterford Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Waterford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 537 THIRD STREET | 11/24/2025 | $310,000 | $129,400 |
| 402 HOLLY DRIVE | 11/14/2025 | $279,000 | $189,700 |
| 1088 LINCOLN AVENUE | 11/14/2025 | $325,000 | $147,700 |
| 1183 MIDDLE AVENUE | 11/14/2025 | $305,000 | $114,800 |
| 2135 TREMONT AVENUE | 11/13/2025 | $315,000 | $254,800 |
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 Waterford Twp: $27,182
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Waterford Twp is $27,182 at 240 WHITE HORSE PIKE, on a net assessment of $596,100 and a 2025 general rate of 4.560.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 WHITE HORSE PIKE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $596,100 | 2025 | $27,182 |
| 1264 OLD WHITE HORSE PIKE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $555,600 | 2025 | $25,335 |
| 967 LINCOLN AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $499,900 | 2025 | $22,795 |
| 1117 CHEW ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $452,800 | 2025 | $20,648 |
| 1005 OLD WHITE HORSE PIKE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $448,300 | 2025 | $20,442 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Waterford Twp is $95,327 at 375 WHITE HORSE PIKE, on a net assessment of $2,090,500 and a 2025 general rate of 4.560.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 WHITE HORSE PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $2,090,500 | 2025 | $95,327 |
| 386 WHITE HORSE PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $2,000,000 | 2025 | $91,200 |
| 480 JACKSON ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $1,992,600 | 2025 | $90,863 |
| 1000 JACKSON ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $1,869,300 | 2025 | $85,240 |
| 159 JACKSON ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $1,304,200 | 2025 | $59,472 |
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 Waterford Twp, typical class 2 assessment $174,831
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 3,597 parcels, average net assessment $174,831.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $627,212,700 to $628,866,900, up 0.3%, on 3,597 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 88 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $356,000. 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 | 3,597 | $628,866,900 | 75.0% |
| Vacant land 1 | 762 | $144,181,900 | 17.2% |
| Commercial 4A | 133 | $45,639,400 | 5.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 2 | $1,295,400 | 0.2% |
| Apartment 4C | 9 | $3,580,900 | 0.4% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 62 | $13,688,000 | 1.6% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 122 | $1,488,100 | 0.2% |
| Other / unclassified other | 9 | $226,459 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Waterford Twp, median year built 1978
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Waterford Twp with a year built have a median year of 1978, about 48 years old. Of those 3,586 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 76.6%, Vacant land 16.2%, Commercial 2.8%, Farm (qualified) 2.6%, Farm (regular) 1.3%, Apartment 0.2%, 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.