Fairfield Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.975
Fairfield Twp, Cumberland County. 2,817 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.
Fairfield Twp at a glance
2,817 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.975, and the prior rate on file is 2.552 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $160,997. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 33, median $131,200. The state construction file lists 1,128 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1968. 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 Fairfield Twp bill
Fairfield Twp’s general rate of 2.975 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.552 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 48.7%, 34.7%, and 16.7%. 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 $253,138,000 to $254,374,500, up 0.5%, on 1,580 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $131,200 (33 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 55.5%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Fairfield Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,128 permits in Fairfield 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 Fairfield Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Fairfield Twp: 2.975
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 48.7%. 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 Fairfield Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $8,728,211. The high school district is Cumberland Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $23,077,592. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cumberland district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.552.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Fairfield Twp
These figures use Fairfield 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 87.64% would be assessed at about $438,200. At the general rate of 2.975, the estimated tax is $13,036. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $175,280, with an estimated tax of $5,215.
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 Fairfield Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Fairfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 WALDENS DR | 12/11/2025 | $260,000 | $138,700 |
| 1094 BDGTN BUCKSHUTEM RD | 11/25/2025 | $103,000 | $191,700 |
| 7 WALDENS DR | 10/10/2025 | $160,000 | $199,300 |
| 712 STEWARD AVE | 10/10/2025 | $50,000 | $99,600 |
| EAST AVE | 10/3/2025 | $16,000 | $16,600 |
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 Fairfield Twp: $22,437
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Fairfield Twp is $22,437 at 806 BACK NECK RD, on a net assessment of $754,200 and a 2025 general rate of 2.975.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 806 BACK NECK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $754,200 | 2025 | $22,437 |
| 666 BACK NECK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $656,900 | 2025 | $19,543 |
| 80 GOULD AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $630,500 | 2025 | $18,757 |
| 24 BACK NECK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $555,200 | 2025 | $16,517 |
| 226 BACK NECK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $457,200 | 2025 | $13,602 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Fairfield Twp is $131,001 at 202 REEVES RD, on a net assessment of $4,403,400 and a 2025 general rate of 2.975.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 REEVES RD | 4A — Commercial | $4,403,400 | 2025 | $131,001 |
| 837 E COMMERCE ST | 4A — Commercial | $1,950,000 | 2025 | $58,013 |
| 868 E COMMERCE ST | 4A — Commercial | $1,816,300 | 2025 | $54,035 |
| 616 ELMER RD | 4B — Industrial | $1,630,200 | 2025 | $48,498 |
| CLARKS POND RD | 4A — Commercial | $1,410,600 | 2025 | $41,965 |
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 Fairfield Twp, typical class 2 assessment $160,997
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,580 parcels, average net assessment $160,997.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $253,138,000 to $254,374,500, up 0.5%, on 1,580 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 33 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $131,200. 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 | 1,580 | $254,374,500 | 55.5% |
| Vacant land 1 | 987 | $155,642,300 | 34.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 70 | $27,008,700 | 5.9% |
| Industrial 4B | 1 | $1,630,200 | 0.4% |
| Apartment 4C | 1 | $257,900 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 46 | $16,422,600 | 3.6% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 119 | $3,034,300 | 0.7% |
| Other / unclassified other | 13 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Fairfield Twp, median year built 1968
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Fairfield Twp with a year built have a median year of 1968, about 58 years old. Of those 1,542 houses, the largest share was built 1960–1979. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 56.1%, Vacant land 35.0%, Farm (qualified) 4.2%, Commercial 2.5%, Farm (regular) 1.6%, Other / unclassified 0.5%, Industrial <0.1%, Apartment <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.