West Wildwood Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.070
West Wildwood Boro, Cape May County. 1,035 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 Wildwood Boro at a glance
1,035 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.070, and the prior rate on file is 1.961 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $264,585. Usable sales with a 2020 deed: 39, median $247,000. The state construction file lists 404 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1960. 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 Wildwood Boro bill
West Wildwood Boro’s general rate of 2.070 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 1.961 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 19.4%, 19.9%, and 60.7%. 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 $217,066,100 to $219,266,100, up 1.0%, on 825 parcels. Usable sales with a 2020 deed: median $247,000 (39 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 91.1%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in West Wildwood Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 404 permits in West Wildwood 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 Wildwood Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in West Wildwood Boro: 2.070
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 19.4%. 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 West Wildwood (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $59,560. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cape May district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 1.961.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in West Wildwood Boro
These figures use West Wildwood 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 50.07% would be assessed at about $250,350. At the general rate of 2.070, the estimated tax is $5,182. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $100,140, with an estimated tax of $2,073.
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 Wildwood Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for West Wildwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 620.5 W MAPLE AVE | 10/25/2025 | $569,777 | $120,500 |
| 735 W MAPLE AVE | 9/12/2025 | $644,777 | $275,400 |
| 731 W GLENWOOD AVE | 8/29/2025 | $398,000 | $171,000 |
| 774 W GLENWOOD AVE | 8/14/2025 | $790,000 | $319,100 |
| 547 W MAGNOLIA AVE | 7/31/2025 | $600,000 | $237,000 |
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 Wildwood Boro: $19,998
Residential
The highest residential estimate in West Wildwood Boro is $19,998 at 529 W POPLAR AVE, on a net assessment of $966,100 and a 2025 general rate of 2.070.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529 W POPLAR AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $966,100 | 2025 | $19,998 |
| 617 W POPLAR AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $947,500 | 2025 | $19,613 |
| 694 W 26TH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $936,300 | 2025 | $19,381 |
| 649 W POPLAR AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $931,800 | 2025 | $19,288 |
| 606 W 26TH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $905,500 | 2025 | $18,744 |
Business
The highest business estimate in West Wildwood Boro is $38,200 at 227 R AVENUE, on a net assessment of $1,845,400 and a 2025 general rate of 2.070.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 R AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $1,845,400 | 2025 | $38,200 |
| 221 P AVE | 4A — Commercial | $1,048,100 | 2025 | $21,696 |
| 226 Q AVE | 4A — Commercial | $752,500 | 2025 | $15,577 |
| 10 LAKE RD | 4A — Commercial | $593,700 | 2025 | $12,290 |
| 16 LAKE RD | 4A — Commercial | $409,500 | 2025 | $8,477 |
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 Wildwood Boro, typical class 2 assessment $264,585
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 832 parcels, average net assessment $264,585.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $217,066,100 to $219,266,100, up 1.0%, on 825 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 39 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2020, the median price is $247,000. 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 | 832 | $220,134,800 | 91.1% |
| Vacant land 1 | 190 | $15,457,100 | 6.4% |
| Commercial 4A | 10 | $5,454,000 | 2.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 2 | $471,000 | 0.2% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in West Wildwood Boro, median year built 1960
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in West Wildwood Boro with a year built have a median year of 1960, about 66 years old. Of those 789 houses, the largest share was built 1940–1959. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 80.4%, Vacant land 18.4%, Commercial 1.0%, Apartment 0.2%, 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.