Upper Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.303
Upper Twp, Cape May County. 8,413 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.
Upper Twp at a glance
8,413 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.303, and the prior rate on file is 2.186 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $293,080. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 94, median $440,000. The state construction file lists 3,762 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1985. 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 Upper Twp bill
Upper Twp’s general rate of 2.303 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.186 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 71.6%, 14.4%, and 14.0%. The largest slice is schools. 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 $1,645,481,700 to $1,664,984,700, up 1.2%, on 5,681 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $440,000 (94 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 79.3%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Upper Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 3,762 permits in Upper 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 Upper Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Upper Twp: 2.303
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 71.6%. 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 Cape May towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Upper Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $4,277,797. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cape May district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.186.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Upper Twp
These figures use Upper 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 62.40% would be assessed at about $312,000. At the general rate of 2.303, the estimated tax is $7,185. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $124,800, with an estimated tax of $2,874.
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 Upper Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Upper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78 TYLER RD | 12/30/2025 | $350,000 | $272,000 |
| 781 RT 50 | 12/22/2025 | $220,000 | $221,000 |
| 11 LAUREL RIDGE RD | 12/19/2025 | $750,000 | $367,700 |
| 1233 RT US 9 SO | 12/18/2025 | $225,000 | $181,100 |
| 2334 RT 50 | 12/15/2025 | $330,000 | $209,200 |
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 Upper Twp: $68,977
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Upper Twp is $68,977 at 1013 S COMMONWEALTH AVE, on a net assessment of $2,995,100 and a 2025 general rate of 2.303.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1013 S COMMONWEALTH AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,995,100 | 2025 | $68,977 |
| 41 E WEBSTER AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,878,300 | 2025 | $66,287 |
| 1 MEADOWS POND LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,836,000 | 2025 | $65,313 |
| 29 E SEAVIEW AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,561,400 | 2025 | $58,989 |
| 400 N COMMONWEALTH AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,288,600 | 2025 | $52,706 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Upper Twp is $217,217 at 4 W ROOSEVELT BLVD, on a net assessment of $9,431,900 and a 2025 general rate of 2.303.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 W ROOSEVELT BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $9,431,900 | 2025 | $217,217 |
| 1621 RT US 9 SO | 4A — Commercial | $5,720,100 | 2025 | $131,734 |
| 810 RT US 9 SO | 4A — Commercial | $5,424,300 | 2025 | $124,922 |
| 2087 RT US 9 SO | 4A — Commercial | $5,268,200 | 2025 | $121,327 |
| 3066 RT US 9 SO | 4A — Commercial | $4,529,000 | 2025 | $104,303 |
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 Upper Twp, typical class 2 assessment $293,080
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 5,681 parcels, average net assessment $293,080.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $1,645,481,700 to $1,664,984,700, up 1.2%, on 5,681 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 94 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $440,000. 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 | 5,681 | $1,664,984,700 | 79.3% |
| Vacant land 1 | 2,243 | $211,600,600 | 10.1% |
| Commercial 4A | 322 | $204,482,100 | 9.7% |
| Industrial 4B | 1 | $2,412,600 | 0.1% |
| Apartment 4C | 3 | $1,048,800 | 0.0% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 41 | $12,409,000 | 0.6% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 89 | $572,900 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 33 | $3,253,700 | 0.2% |
Housing stock in Upper Twp, median year built 1985
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Upper Twp with a year built have a median year of 1985, about 41 years old. Of those 5,633 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 67.5%, Vacant land 26.7%, Commercial 3.8%, Farm (qualified) 1.1%, Farm (regular) 0.5%, Other / unclassified 0.4%, Apartment <0.1%, 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.