West Orange Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.627
West Orange Twp, Essex County. 14,711 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.
West Orange Twp at a glance
14,711 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.627, and the prior rate on file is 4.684 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $614,976. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 397, median $640,000. The state construction file lists 11,523 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1953. 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 West Orange Twp bill
West Orange Twp’s general rate of 2.627 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 4.684 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 62.0%, 11.4%, and 26.6%. 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 $8,194,240,900 to $8,188,399,700, down 0.1%, on 13,315 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $640,000 (397 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 73.6%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in West Orange Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 11,523 permits in West Orange 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 West Orange Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in West Orange Twp: 2.627
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 62.0%. 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 West Orange Town (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $34,532,959. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Essex district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 4.684.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in West Orange Twp
These figures use West Orange 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 64.59% would be assessed at about $322,950. At the general rate of 2.627, the estimated tax is $8,484. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $129,180, with an estimated tax of $3,394.
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 West Orange Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for West Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 SMITH MANOR BLVD | 12/19/2025 | $380,000 | $7,100 |
| 10 SMITH MANOR BLVD | 12/19/2025 | $380,000 | $351,100 |
| 3 DAVEY DRIVE | 12/19/2025 | $595,000 | $491,600 |
| 35 FITZRANDOLPH ROAD | 12/15/2025 | $494,800 | $379,700 |
| 29 CRESTMONT ROAD | 12/12/2025 | $585,800 | $589,200 |
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 West Orange Twp: $137,056
Residential
The highest residential estimate in West Orange Twp is $137,056 at 45 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, on a net assessment of $5,217,200 and a 2025 general rate of 2.627.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 MOUNTAIN AVENUE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $5,217,200 | 2025 | $137,056 |
| 38 OAK BEND | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,977,400 | 2025 | $78,216 |
| 59 WILDWOOD AVE. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,821,000 | 2025 | $74,108 |
| 11 LONG BRANCH WAY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,796,700 | 2025 | $73,469 |
| 40 EAGLE RIDGE WAY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,731,100 | 2025 | $71,746 |
Business
The highest business estimate in West Orange Twp is $3,195,351 at 495 PROSPECT AVENUE, on a net assessment of $121,635,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.627.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495 PROSPECT AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $121,635,000 | 2025 | $3,195,351 |
| 1199 PLEASANT VALLEY WAY | 4A — Commercial | $90,251,000 | 2025 | $2,370,894 |
| EAGLE ROCK & PROSPECT AVE | 4A — Commercial | $54,170,000 | 2025 | $1,423,046 |
| 101 OLD SHORT HILLS ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $33,930,000 | 2025 | $891,341 |
| 25 PROSPECT AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $33,402,400 | 2025 | $877,481 |
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 West Orange Twp, typical class 2 assessment $614,976
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 13,315 parcels, average net assessment $614,976.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $8,194,240,900 to $8,188,399,700, down 0.1%, on 13,315 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 397 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $640,000. 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 | 13,315 | $8,188,399,700 | 73.6% |
| Vacant land 1 | 876 | $1,237,849,200 | 11.1% |
| Commercial 4A | 441 | $1,320,514,000 | 11.9% |
| Industrial 4B | 31 | $37,618,700 | 0.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 47 | $329,349,300 | 3.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $11,598,841 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in West Orange Twp, median year built 1953
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in West Orange Twp with a year built have a median year of 1953, about 73 years old. Of those 13,302 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 90.5%, Vacant land 6.0%, Commercial 3.0%, Apartment 0.3%, Industrial 0.2%, 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.