Downe Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.933
Downe Twp, Cumberland County. 2,188 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.
Downe Twp at a glance
2,188 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.933, and the prior rate on file is 2.659 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $145,446. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 32, median $277,500. The state construction file lists 421 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 Downe Twp bill
Downe Twp’s general rate of 2.933 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.659 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 49.6%, 36.5%, and 13.9%. The largest slice is schools. In Cumberland County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 48.7% in Fairfield Twp. Class 2 net assessments changed from $134,596,700 to $134,682,900, up 0.1%, on 926 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $277,500 (32 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 68.0%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Downe Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 421 permits in Downe 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 Downe Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Downe Twp: 2.933
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Cumberland County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 48.7%; this town is 49.6%. 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 Cumberland towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Downe Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $2,319,979. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cumberland district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.659.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Downe Twp
These figures use Downe 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 84.33% would be assessed at about $421,650. At the general rate of 2.933, the estimated tax is $12,367. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $168,660, with an estimated tax of $4,947.
In Cumberland County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $10,879 in Commercial Twp to $18,461 in Bridgeton City. The middle bill is $12,541 in Hopewell Twp. All Cumberland towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Downe Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Downe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 467-469 HICKMAN AVE | 12/22/2025 | $208,000 | $142,400 |
| 1175 MAIN ST | 11/13/2025 | $115,000 | $91,200 |
| 607 MAIN ST | 10/31/2025 | $208,000 | $93,500 |
| 10-12 ADALINE AVE | 10/24/2025 | $2,450,000 | $48,000 |
| 2-8 ADALINE AVE | 10/24/2025 | $2,450,000 | $48,000 |
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 Downe Twp: $11,362
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Downe Twp is $11,362 at 306 NEW JERSEY AVE, on a net assessment of $387,400 and a 2025 general rate of 2.933.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 NEW JERSEY AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $387,400 | 2025 | $11,362 |
| 156 NEW JERSEY AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $350,500 | 2025 | $10,280 |
| 801 DOWNE AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $350,000 | 2025 | $10,266 |
| 330 FORTESCUE ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $345,200 | 2025 | $10,125 |
| 302 NEW JERSEY AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $344,600 | 2025 | $10,107 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Downe Twp is $28,107 at 1101 RAILROAD AVE, on a net assessment of $958,300 and a 2025 general rate of 2.933.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 RAILROAD AVE | 4A — Commercial | $958,300 | 2025 | $28,107 |
| 1191 RAILROAD AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $544,500 | 2025 | $15,970 |
| 550 CHURCH ST | 4A — Commercial | $415,500 | 2025 | $12,187 |
| 621 FORTESCUE RD | 4A — Commercial | $325,000 | 2025 | $9,532 |
| 240 NEW JERSEY AVE | 4A — Commercial | $301,000 | 2025 | $8,828 |
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 Downe Twp, typical class 2 assessment $145,446
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 926 parcels, average net assessment $145,446.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $134,596,700 to $134,682,900, up 0.1%, on 926 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 32 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $277,500. 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 | 926 | $134,682,900 | 68.0% |
| Vacant land 1 | 1,045 | $51,538,300 | 26.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 39 | $6,309,100 | 3.2% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 26 | $4,559,700 | 2.3% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 144 | $846,100 | 0.4% |
| Other / unclassified other | 8 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Downe Twp, median year built 1960
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Downe Twp with a year built have a median year of 1960, about 66 years old. Of those 571 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, Vacant land 47.8%, Residential 42.3%, Farm (qualified) 6.6%, Commercial 1.8%, Farm (regular) 1.2%, Other / unclassified 0.4%. 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.