North Caldwell Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.308
North Caldwell Twp, Essex County. 2,488 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.
North Caldwell Twp at a glance
2,488 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.308, and the prior rate on file is 2.258 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $804,897. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 69, median $1,030,000. The state construction file lists 502 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 North Caldwell Twp bill
North Caldwell Twp’s general rate of 2.308 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.258 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 61.4%, 20.0%, and 18.5%. The largest slice is schools. In Essex County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 51.8% in Roseland Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $1,888,799,400 to $1,900,362,000, up 0.6%, on 2,361 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $1,030,000 (69 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 89.8%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in North Caldwell Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 502 permits in North Caldwell 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 North Caldwell Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in North Caldwell Twp: 2.308
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Essex County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 51.8%; this town is 61.4%. 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 Essex towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is North Caldwell Boro (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $1,205,508. The high school district is West Essex Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $3,435,079. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Essex district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.258.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in North Caldwell Twp
These figures use North Caldwell 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 76.70% would be assessed at about $383,500. At the general rate of 2.308, the estimated tax is $8,851. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $153,400, with an estimated tax of $3,540.
In Essex County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $5,760 in Irvington Twp to $18,991 in Orange City Twp. The middle bill is $10,516 in West Caldwell Twp. All Essex towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in North Caldwell Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for North Caldwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 MAPLE DRIVE | 12/19/2025 | $1,142,000 | $789,600 |
| 8 MAPLE DRIVE | 12/18/2025 | $1,030,000 | $611,800 |
| 4 SPRUCE ROAD | 12/9/2025 | $950,000 | $661,200 |
| 9 MEADOW LANE | 12/9/2025 | $1,400,000 | $889,500 |
| 16 HILLTOP DRIVE | 12/5/2025 | $1,403,500 | $967,100 |
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 North Caldwell Twp: $70,823
Residential
The highest residential estimate in North Caldwell Twp is $70,823 at 7 FALCON POINT DRIVE, on a net assessment of $3,068,600 and a 2025 general rate of 2.308.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 FALCON POINT DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,068,600 | 2025 | $70,823 |
| 87 BROOKSIDE TERRACE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,868,500 | 2025 | $66,205 |
| 11 RICKLAND DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,629,300 | 2025 | $60,684 |
| 6 FARMSTEAD ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,481,400 | 2025 | $57,271 |
| 26 EAST GREENBROOK ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,474,800 | 2025 | $57,118 |
Business
The highest business estimate in North Caldwell Twp is $196,217 at 100 WEST GREENBROOK ROAD, on a net assessment of $8,501,600 and a 2025 general rate of 2.308.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 WEST GREENBROOK ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $8,501,600 | 2025 | $196,217 |
| 13 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $2,695,000 | 2025 | $62,201 |
| 15 RICKLAND DRIVE | 4A — Commercial | $1,702,000 | 2025 | $39,282 |
| 5 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $1,520,000 | 2025 | $35,082 |
| 5 FAIRFIELD ROAD | 4B — Industrial | $1,515,000 | 2025 | $34,966 |
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 North Caldwell Twp, typical class 2 assessment $804,897
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 2,361 parcels, average net assessment $804,897.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $1,888,799,400 to $1,900,362,000, up 0.6%, on 2,361 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 69 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $1,030,000. 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 | 2,361 | $1,900,362,000 | 89.8% |
| Vacant land 1 | 112 | $192,499,400 | 9.1% |
| Commercial 4A | 13 | $20,296,100 | 1.0% |
| Industrial 4B | 2 | $2,825,000 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in North Caldwell Twp, median year built 1968
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in North Caldwell Twp with a year built have a median year of 1968, about 58 years old. Of those 2,358 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 94.9%, Vacant land 4.5%, Commercial 0.5%, Industrial <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.