South Orange Village Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.584
South Orange Village Twp, Essex County. 4,989 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.
South Orange Village Twp at a glance
4,989 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.584, and the prior rate on file is 2.509 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $880,444. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 129, median $990,000. The state construction file lists 6,704 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1928. 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 South Orange Village Twp bill
South Orange Village Twp’s general rate of 2.584 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.509 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 57.3%, 14.3%, and 28.4%. 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 $3,821,378,600 to $3,826,410,400, up 0.1%, on 4,344 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $990,000 (129 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 67.5%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in South Orange Village Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 6,704 permits in South Orange Village 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 South Orange Village Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in South Orange Village Twp: 2.584
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 57.3%. 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 Essex towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is South Orange-Maplewood (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $11,595,011. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Essex district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.509.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in South Orange Village Twp
These figures use South Orange Village 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 95.71% would be assessed at about $478,550. At the general rate of 2.584, the estimated tax is $12,366. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $191,420, with an estimated tax of $4,946.
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 South Orange Village Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for South Orange Village 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 195 CREST WOOD DRIVE | 12/15/2025 | $1,750,000 | $1,184,700 |
| 423 RIDGEWOOD ROAD NORTH | 12/11/2025 | $1,580,000 | $1,299,600 |
| 11 STANLEY ROAD SOUTH | 12/8/2025 | $925,000 | $836,700 |
| 18 OVERHILL ROAD | 12/5/2025 | $1,235,000 | $1,051,400 |
| 118 RYNDA ROAD | 12/5/2025 | $1,292,000 | $955,900 |
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 South Orange Village Twp: $71,861
Residential
The highest residential estimate in South Orange Village Twp is $71,861 at 461 RIDGEWOOD ROAD NORTH, on a net assessment of $2,781,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.584.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 461 RIDGEWOOD ROAD NORTH | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,781,000 | 2025 | $71,861 |
| 76 CREST DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,437,200 | 2025 | $62,977 |
| 140 RAYMOND AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,281,600 | 2025 | $58,957 |
| 6 HALSEY PLACE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,200,000 | 2025 | $56,848 |
| 391 CHARLTON AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,150,000 | 2025 | $55,556 |
Business
The highest business estimate in South Orange Village Twp is $425,890 at 76 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, on a net assessment of $16,481,800 and a 2025 general rate of 2.584.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $16,481,800 | 2025 | $425,890 |
| 411 VALLEY STREET | 4A — Commercial | $10,530,600 | 2025 | $272,111 |
| 20 VALLEY STREET | 4A — Commercial | $7,556,600 | 2025 | $195,263 |
| 75 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $6,044,000 | 2025 | $156,177 |
| 109 SO ORANGE AVENUE WEST | 4A — Commercial | $5,890,000 | 2025 | $152,198 |
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 South Orange Village Twp, typical class 2 assessment $880,444
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 4,346 parcels, average net assessment $880,444.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $3,821,378,600 to $3,826,410,400, up 0.1%, on 4,344 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 129 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $990,000. 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 | 4,346 | $3,826,410,400 | 67.5% |
| Vacant land 1 | 434 | $1,452,896,600 | 25.6% |
| Commercial 4A | 169 | $239,516,800 | 4.2% |
| Industrial 4B | 3 | $2,535,500 | 0.0% |
| Apartment 4C | 28 | $151,038,700 | 2.7% |
| Other / unclassified other | 9 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in South Orange Village Twp, median year built 1928
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in South Orange Village Twp with a year built have a median year of 1928, about 98 years old. Of those 4,335 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, Residential 87.1%, Vacant land 8.7%, Commercial 3.4%, Apartment 0.6%, Other / unclassified 0.2%, 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.