Elk Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.688
Elk Twp, Gloucester County. 2,694 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.
Elk Twp at a glance
2,694 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.688, and the prior rate on file is 3.595 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $214,712. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 38, median $545,000. The state construction file lists 1,592 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1975. 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 Elk Twp bill
Elk Twp’s general rate of 3.688 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.595 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 53.7%, 20.6%, and 25.8%. The largest slice is schools. In Gloucester County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 56.1% in Mantua Twp. Class 2 net assessments changed from $313,958,600 to $317,344,900, up 1.1%, on 1,478 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $545,000 (38 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 70.6%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Elk Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,592 permits in Elk 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 Elk Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Elk Twp: 3.688
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Gloucester County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 56.1%; this town is 53.7%. 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 Gloucester towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Elk Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $2,423,022. The high school district is Delsea Regional H.S Dist., FY2027 K–12 aid $15,987,716. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Gloucester district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 3.595.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Elk Twp
These figures use Elk 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 64.10% would be assessed at about $320,500. At the general rate of 3.688, the estimated tax is $11,820. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $128,200, with an estimated tax of $4,728.
In Gloucester County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $7,225 in Logan Twp to $16,351 in Woodbury City. The middle bill is $11,822 in Glassboro Boro. All Gloucester towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Elk Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Elk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 349 MOODS RD | 8/7/2025 | $400,000 | $181,100 |
| 721 WEBSTER DR | 8/6/2025 | $595,000 | $249,800 |
| 110 CEDAR BRIDGE RD | 7/30/2025 | $245,000 | $118,900 |
| 469 EWAN RD | 7/22/2025 | $352,500 | $215,400 |
| 97 E SHORE LN | 7/8/2025 | $175,000 | $77,000 |
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 Elk Twp: $25,440
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Elk Twp is $25,440 at 410 WHIG LN, on a net assessment of $689,800 and a 2025 general rate of 3.688.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 WHIG LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $689,800 | 2025 | $25,440 |
| 300 FISLERVILLE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $610,300 | 2025 | $22,508 |
| 828 CLEMS RUN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $556,400 | 2025 | $20,520 |
| 212 SOLAR CT | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $529,000 | 2025 | $19,510 |
| 1852 WILLOW GROVE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $515,300 | 2025 | $19,004 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Elk Twp is $221,136 at 1049 WHIG LN, on a net assessment of $5,996,100 and a 2025 general rate of 3.688.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1049 WHIG LN | 4A — Commercial | $5,996,100 | 2025 | $221,136 |
| 125 BUCK RD | 4A — Commercial | $4,449,400 | 2025 | $164,094 |
| FERRELL RD | 4A — Commercial | $4,131,000 | 2025 | $152,351 |
| 501 WHIG LN | 4A — Commercial | $2,183,500 | 2025 | $80,527 |
| 412 EWAN RD | 4A — Commercial | $1,690,000 | 2025 | $62,327 |
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 Elk Twp, typical class 2 assessment $214,712
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,478 parcels, average net assessment $214,712.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $313,958,600 to $317,344,900, up 1.1%, on 1,478 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 38 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $545,000. 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 | 1,478 | $317,344,900 | 70.6% |
| Vacant land 1 | 811 | $66,130,600 | 14.7% |
| Commercial 4A | 43 | $35,916,100 | 8.0% |
| Industrial 4B | 1 | $1,189,200 | 0.3% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 110 | $24,892,400 | 5.5% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 250 | $3,791,700 | 0.8% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Elk Twp, median year built 1975
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Elk Twp with a year built have a median year of 1975, about 51 years old. Of those 1,456 houses, the largest share was built 1960–1979. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 54.9%, Vacant land 30.1%, Farm (qualified) 9.3%, Farm (regular) 4.1%, Commercial 1.6%, Industrial <0.1%, 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.