Hopewell Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.693
Hopewell Twp, Cumberland County. 2,468 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.
Hopewell Twp at a glance
2,468 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.693, and the prior rate on file is 3.642 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $157,596. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 46, median $264,950. The state construction file lists 1,283 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1964. 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 Hopewell Twp bill
Hopewell Twp’s general rate of 3.693 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.642 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 54.3%, 36.0%, and 9.7%. 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 $229,220,800 to $231,351,200, up 0.9%, on 1,468 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $264,950 (46 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 65.8%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Hopewell Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,283 permits in Hopewell 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 Hopewell Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Hopewell Twp: 3.693
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 54.3%. 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 Hopewell Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $5,741,773. 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: 3.642.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Hopewell Twp
These figures use Hopewell 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 67.92% would be assessed at about $339,600. At the general rate of 3.693, the estimated tax is $12,541. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $135,840, with an estimated tax of $5,017.
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 Hopewell Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Hopewell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 TIPTON DRIVE | 12/23/2025 | $325,000 | $146,000 |
| 9 PINEVIEW TERRACE | 12/22/2025 | $32,500 | $27,500 |
| 117 GRANDVIEW DRIVE | 12/18/2025 | $259,900 | $136,800 |
| 177 ELWELL TERRACE | 12/12/2025 | $275,000 | $130,800 |
| 16 KINKLE ROAD | 12/12/2025 | $394,000 | $179,500 |
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 Hopewell Twp: $21,685
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Hopewell Twp is $21,685 at 120 COLUMBIA HIGHWAY, on a net assessment of $587,200 and a 2025 general rate of 3.693.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 COLUMBIA HIGHWAY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $587,200 | 2025 | $21,685 |
| 65 MARIMAC ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $559,600 | 2025 | $20,666 |
| 425 SEELEY COHANSEY RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $501,500 | 2025 | $18,520 |
| 37 COLUMBIA HIGHWAY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $468,100 | 2025 | $17,287 |
| 93 SEWALL ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $429,400 | 2025 | $15,858 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Hopewell Twp is $284,361 at 154 SUNNY SLOPE DRIVE, on a net assessment of $7,700,000 and a 2025 general rate of 3.693.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 SUNNY SLOPE DRIVE | 4A — Commercial | $7,700,000 | 2025 | $284,361 |
| SHILOH PIKE 633 | 4A — Commercial | $6,377,400 | 2025 | $235,517 |
| 588 SHILOH PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $1,745,700 | 2025 | $64,469 |
| 629 SHILOH PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $1,496,400 | 2025 | $55,262 |
| 610 SHILOH PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $1,311,800 | 2025 | $48,445 |
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 Hopewell Twp, typical class 2 assessment $157,596
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,468 parcels, average net assessment $157,596.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $229,220,800 to $231,351,200, up 0.9%, on 1,468 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 46 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $264,950. 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 | 1,468 | $231,351,200 | 65.8% |
| Vacant land 1 | 341 | $46,031,100 | 13.1% |
| Commercial 4A | 47 | $32,061,600 | 9.1% |
| Apartment 4C | 2 | $450,900 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 174 | $33,096,400 | 9.4% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 435 | $8,790,600 | 2.5% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Hopewell Twp, median year built 1964
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Hopewell Twp with a year built have a median year of 1964, about 62 years old. Of those 1,430 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 59.5%, Farm (qualified) 17.6%, Vacant land 13.8%, Farm (regular) 7.1%, Commercial 1.9%, Apartment <0.1%, 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.