Sea Isle City NJ property tax rate 2025: 0.905
Sea Isle City, Cape May County. 7,786 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.
Sea Isle City at a glance
7,786 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 0.905, and the prior rate on file is 0.894 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $715,662. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 113, median $1,385,000. The state construction file lists 4,181 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1994. 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 Sea Isle City bill
Sea Isle City’s general rate of 0.905 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 0.894 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 5.2%, 45.6%, and 49.2%. The largest slice is municipal. In Cape May County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 26.0% in Wildwood Crest Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $4,825,601,600 to $4,848,687,100, up 0.5%, on 6,794 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $1,385,000 (113 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 94.0%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Sea Isle City
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 4,181 permits in Sea Isle 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 Sea Isle City construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Sea Isle City: 0.905
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Cape May County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 26.0%; this town is 5.2%. The largest slice here is municipal. State school aid is not in these bars — it reduces the school levy before the rate is struck. All Cape May towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Sea Isle City (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $136,897. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cape May district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 0.894.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Sea Isle City
These figures use Sea Isle 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 50.04% would be assessed at about $250,200. At the general rate of 0.905, the estimated tax is $2,264. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $100,080, with an estimated tax of $906.
In Cape May County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $1,745 in Avalon Boro to $7,929 in Wildwood City. The middle bill is $4,330 in Wildwood Crest Boro. All Cape May towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Sea Isle City
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Sea Isle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3708 PLEASURE AVE | 1/2/2026 | $775,000 | $498,000 |
| 4600 LANDIS AVE UNIT 3B | 12/29/2025 | $250,000 | $106,800 |
| 6009 LANDIS AVE NORTH | 12/1/2025 | $1,800,000 | $618,500 |
| 210 52ND ST SOUTH | 11/21/2025 | $1,675,000 | $656,200 |
| 329 56TH ST EAST | 11/21/2025 | $1,150,000 | $561,700 |
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 Sea Isle City: $36,353
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Sea Isle City is $36,353 at 7912-7916 MARINE PL, on a net assessment of $4,016,900 and a 2025 general rate of 0.905.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7912-7916 MARINE PL | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,016,900 | 2025 | $36,353 |
| 11 51ST ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,721,100 | 2025 | $33,676 |
| 9 56TH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,653,800 | 2025 | $33,067 |
| 6601 PLEASURE AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,527,600 | 2025 | $31,925 |
| 7415 PLEASURE AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,496,400 | 2025 | $31,642 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Sea Isle City is $49,046 at PENTAGON-KIX'S, on a net assessment of $5,419,400 and a 2025 general rate of 0.905.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENTAGON-KIX'S | 4A — Commercial | $5,419,400 | 2025 | $49,046 |
| 4487-4497 VENICEAN RD | 4A — Commercial | $4,231,100 | 2025 | $38,291 |
| 6210 LANDIS AVE | 4A — Commercial | $3,500,000 | 2025 | $31,675 |
| 10 43RD ST | 4A — Commercial | $3,247,700 | 2025 | $29,392 |
| 137 JFK BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $2,647,100 | 2025 | $23,956 |
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 Sea Isle City, typical class 2 assessment $715,662
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 6,843 parcels, average net assessment $715,662.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $4,825,601,600 to $4,848,687,100, up 0.5%, on 6,794 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 113 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $1,385,000. 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 | 6,843 | $4,897,273,900 | 94.0% |
| Vacant land 1 | 759 | $186,760,300 | 3.6% |
| Commercial 4A | 183 | $127,521,400 | 2.4% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Sea Isle City, median year built 1994
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Sea Isle City with a year built have a median year of 1994, about 32 years old. Of those 6,841 houses, the largest share was built 1980–1999. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 87.9%, Vacant land 9.7%, Commercial 2.4%, 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.