Verona Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.165 after reassessment
Verona Twp, Essex County. 5,282 parcels in the MOD-IV 2026 file. Rate shown is tax year 2025 (latest available — not yet matched to assessment year).
2026 revaluation/reassessment town — 2026 general tax rate not in our warehouse yet. Showing 2025 rate against 2026 assessments; YoY % is withheld until the matching rate posts.
Verona Twp at a glance
5,282 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.165, and the prior rate on file is 3.086 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $704,424. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 157, median $770,000. The state construction file lists 6,360 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1949. 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 Verona Twp bill
Verona Twp’s general rate of 3.165 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.086 for 2024. This municipality is on the 2026 reassessment list, so the rate move is the roll being reset. It is not, by itself, the change in the bill. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 57.5%, 16.0%, and 26.5%. 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 $2,118,830,600 to $3,424,684,500, up 61.6%, on 4,862 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $770,000 (157 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 79.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Verona Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 6,360 permits in Verona 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 Verona Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Verona Twp: 3.165
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 57.5%. 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 Verona Boro (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $3,256,597. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Essex district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 3.086.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Verona Twp
These figures use Verona 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 70.19% would be assessed at about $350,950. At the general rate of 3.165, the estimated tax is $11,108. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $140,380, with an estimated tax of $4,443.
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 Verona Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Verona 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 LYNWOOD ROAD | 1/23/2026 | $714,000 | $627,400 |
| 208 LINDEN AVENUE | 1/16/2026 | $714,000 | $697,400 |
| 2 CLARIDGE DRIVE #5CW | 1/14/2026 | $859,000 | $577,500 |
| 60 BROOKSIDE TERRACE | 1/9/2026 | $575,000 | $487,200 |
| 31 WESTOVER ROAD | 1/9/2026 | $790,000 | $770,900 |
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 Verona Twp: $137,067
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Verona Twp is $137,067 at 17 BELLECLAIRE PLACE, on a net assessment of $4,330,700 and a 2025 general rate of 3.165.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 BELLECLAIRE PLACE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,330,700 | 2025 | $137,067 |
| 100 FAIRVIEW AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,795,000 | 2025 | $88,462 |
| 79 AFTERGLOW AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,648,300 | 2025 | $83,819 |
| 39 AFTERGLOW WAY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,337,800 | 2025 | $73,991 |
| 24 CRESTMONT ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,288,500 | 2025 | $72,431 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Verona Twp is $1,038,500 at 265-345 POMPTON AVE, on a net assessment of $32,812,000 and a 2025 general rate of 3.165.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265-345 POMPTON AVE | 4A — Commercial | $32,812,000 | 2025 | $1,038,500 |
| 799 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $12,907,000 | 2025 | $408,507 |
| 25 MT. PROSPECT AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $11,500,000 | 2025 | $363,975 |
| 100 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $10,054,000 | 2025 | $318,209 |
| 225 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $8,512,000 | 2025 | $269,405 |
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 Verona Twp, typical class 2 assessment $704,424
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 4,863 parcels, average net assessment $704,424.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $2,118,830,600 to $3,424,684,500, up 61.6%, on 4,862 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the reassessment roll. It is not the change in the tax bill.
Among 157 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $770,000. 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 | 4,863 | $3,425,614,300 | 79.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 206 | $498,640,800 | 11.5% |
| Commercial 4A | 185 | $286,655,600 | 6.6% |
| Industrial 4B | 5 | $9,220,000 | 0.2% |
| Apartment 4C | 23 | $105,376,500 | 2.4% |
Housing stock in Verona Twp, median year built 1949
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Verona Twp with a year built have a median year of 1949, about 77 years old. Of those 4,859 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 92.1%, Vacant land 3.9%, Commercial 3.5%, Apartment 0.4%, 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.