West Cape May Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 1.444
West Cape May Boro, Cape May County. 1,195 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.
West Cape May Boro at a glance
1,195 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 1.444, and the prior rate on file is 1.504 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $499,771. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 20, median $1,265,000. The state construction file lists 599 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1979. 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 West Cape May Boro bill
West Cape May Boro’s general rate of 1.444 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 1.504 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 40.2%, 29.9%, and 29.8%. 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 $490,305,300 to $498,716,200, up 1.7%, on 999 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $1,265,000 (20 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 88.4%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in West Cape May Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 599 permits in West Cape May Boro. 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 West Cape May Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in West Cape May Boro: 1.444
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 40.2%. 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 West Cape May Boro (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $863,664. The high school district is Lower Cape May Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $4,762,370. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cape May district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 1.504.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in West Cape May Boro
These figures use West Cape May Boro’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 47.81% would be assessed at about $239,050. At the general rate of 1.444, the estimated tax is $3,452. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $95,620, with an estimated tax of $1,381.
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 West Cape May Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for West Cape May Boro. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123 STIMPSON LANE | 12/5/2025 | $945,000 | $350,100 |
| 217 THIRD AVE | 11/12/2025 | $1,999,999 | $588,100 |
| 735 MAPLE AVE | 10/29/2025 | $1,625,000 | $617,700 |
| 420 SECOND AVENUE | 10/29/2025 | $521,000 | $355,500 |
| 407 FIRST AVENUE | 10/17/2025 | $1,450,000 | $402,900 |
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 West Cape May Boro: $21,088
Residential
The highest residential estimate in West Cape May Boro is $21,088 at 314 FOW AVE, on a net assessment of $1,460,400 and a 2025 general rate of 1.444.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 FOW AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,460,400 | 2025 | $21,088 |
| 119 MYRTLE AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,360,900 | 2025 | $19,651 |
| 301 FOW AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,276,700 | 2025 | $18,436 |
| 309 FIRST AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,179,500 | 2025 | $17,032 |
| 107 W GRANT ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,131,900 | 2025 | $16,345 |
Business
The highest business estimate in West Cape May Boro is $46,816 at 133 MYRTLE AVE, on a net assessment of $3,242,100 and a 2025 general rate of 1.444.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 MYRTLE AVE | 4A — Commercial | $3,242,100 | 2025 | $46,816 |
| 800 BROADWAY | 4A — Commercial | $2,729,900 | 2025 | $39,420 |
| MYRTLE AVE & PARK | 4A — Commercial | $2,138,900 | 2025 | $30,886 |
| STIMPSON LANE | 4A — Commercial | $2,058,200 | 2025 | $29,720 |
| MYRTLE AVE & PARK BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $1,950,000 | 2025 | $28,158 |
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 West Cape May Boro, typical class 2 assessment $499,771
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,003 parcels, average net assessment $499,771.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $490,305,300 to $498,716,200, up 1.7%, on 999 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 20 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $1,265,000. 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 | 1,003 | $501,270,200 | 88.4% |
| Vacant land 1 | 126 | $24,326,500 | 4.3% |
| Commercial 4A | 38 | $35,684,400 | 6.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 3 | $1,844,200 | 0.3% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 6 | $3,896,400 | 0.7% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 15 | $140,700 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 4 | $136,200 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in West Cape May Boro, median year built 1979
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in West Cape May Boro with a year built have a median year of 1979, about 47 years old. Of those 992 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 83.9%, Vacant land 10.5%, Commercial 3.2%, Farm (qualified) 1.3%, Farm (regular) 0.5%, Other / unclassified 0.3%, Apartment 0.3%. 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.