Lawrence Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.980
Lawrence Twp, Cumberland County. 4,431 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.
Lawrence Twp at a glance
4,431 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.980, and the prior rate on file is 2.907 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $172,231. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 48, median $159,500. The state construction file lists 852 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1980. 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 Lawrence Twp bill
Lawrence Twp’s general rate of 2.980 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.907 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 40.7%, 36.7%, and 22.6%. 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 $190,611,800 to $193,243,200, up 1.4%, on 1,122 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $159,500 (48 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 69.7%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Lawrence Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 852 permits in Lawrence 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 Lawrence Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Lawrence Twp: 2.980
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 40.7%. 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 Lawrence Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $8,458,783. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cumberland district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.907.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Lawrence Twp
These figures use Lawrence 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 82.63% would be assessed at about $413,150. At the general rate of 2.980, the estimated tax is $12,312. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $165,260, with an estimated tax of $4,925.
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 Lawrence Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13132 BUCKSHUTEM RD | 11/18/2025 | $250,000 | $219,600 |
| BUCK RD | 11/6/2025 | $30,000 | $20,000 |
| BUCK RD | 11/6/2025 | $30,000 | $4,000 |
| 50 ROYAL AVE | 10/30/2025 | $300,000 | $166,700 |
| 4470 BENSON RD | 10/29/2025 | $18,750 | $20,200 |
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 Lawrence Twp: $12,334
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Lawrence Twp is $12,334 at 13166 BUCKSHUTEM RD, on a net assessment of $413,900 and a 2025 general rate of 2.980.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13166 BUCKSHUTEM RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $413,900 | 2025 | $12,334 |
| 263 SAYRES NECK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $403,400 | 2025 | $12,021 |
| 818 LUMMISTOWN RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $402,300 | 2025 | $11,989 |
| 575 LUMMISTOWN RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $401,500 | 2025 | $11,965 |
| 846 LUMMISTOWN RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $376,000 | 2025 | $11,205 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Lawrence Twp is $52,150 at 5 MAPLE AVE, on a net assessment of $1,750,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.980.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 MAPLE AVE | 4B — Industrial | $1,750,000 | 2025 | $52,150 |
| 340 SAYRES NECK RD | 4A — Commercial | $1,700,000 | 2025 | $50,660 |
| 20 DUFFIELD AVE | 4B — Industrial | $1,200,000 | 2025 | $35,760 |
| 427 MAIN ST | 4A — Commercial | $528,600 | 2025 | $15,752 |
| 28 MAPLE AVE | 4A — Commercial | $500,000 | 2025 | $14,900 |
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 Lawrence Twp, typical class 2 assessment $172,231
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,122 parcels, average net assessment $172,231.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $190,611,800 to $193,243,200, up 1.4%, on 1,122 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 48 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $159,500. 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 | 1,122 | $193,243,200 | 69.7% |
| Vacant land 1 | 2,937 | $56,332,400 | 20.3% |
| Commercial 4A | 36 | $8,772,300 | 3.2% |
| Industrial 4B | 2 | $2,950,000 | 1.1% |
| Apartment 4C | 1 | $210,000 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 82 | $13,404,900 | 4.8% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 242 | $2,374,800 | 0.9% |
| Other / unclassified other | 9 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Lawrence Twp, median year built 1980
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Lawrence Twp with a year built have a median year of 1980, about 46 years old. Of those 1,092 houses, the largest share was built 1980–1999. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Vacant land 66.3%, Residential 25.3%, Farm (qualified) 5.5%, Farm (regular) 1.9%, Commercial 0.8%, Other / unclassified 0.2%, 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.