Jersey City NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.335
Jersey City, Hudson County. 64,821 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.
Jersey City at a glance
64,821 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.335, and the prior rate on file is 2.233 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $487,501. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 1,856, median $729,500. The state construction file lists 18,297 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1924. 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 Jersey City bill
Jersey City’s general rate of 2.335 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.233 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 44.8%, 18.4%, and 36.8%. The largest slice is schools. In Hudson County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 33.9% in Harrison Town. Class 2 net assessments changed from $20,231,240,185 to $20,589,453,885, up 1.8%, on 42,362 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $729,500 (1,856 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 32.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Jersey City
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 18,297 permits in Jersey City. 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 Jersey City construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Jersey City: 2.335
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Hudson County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 33.9%; this town is 44.8%. 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 Hudson towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Jersey City (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $125,746,990. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Hudson district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.233.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Jersey City
These figures use Jersey City’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 79.59% would be assessed at about $397,950. At the general rate of 2.335, the estimated tax is $9,292. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $159,180, with an estimated tax of $3,717.
In Hudson County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $5,393 in Hoboken City to $12,211 in Guttenberg Town. The middle bill is $8,951 in West New York Town. All Hudson towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Jersey City
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Jersey City. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 STEGMAN ST. | 12/17/2025 | $565,000 | $261,300 |
| 112 ASTOR PLACE | 12/10/2025 | $775,000 | $506,500 |
| 312 DANFORTH AVE. | 12/9/2025 | $735,000 | $343,100 |
| 425 NEW YORK AVE. | 12/7/2025 | $905,000 | $666,500 |
| 228 FIFTH ST. | 12/5/2025 | $1,250,000 | $1,194,800 |
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 Jersey City: $883,755
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Jersey City is $883,755 at 25 VAN REIPEN AVE., on a net assessment of $37,848,200 and a 2025 general rate of 2.335.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 VAN REIPEN AVE. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $37,848,200 | 2025 | $883,755 |
| 9 WEST ST. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $5,041,300 | 2025 | $117,714 |
| 75 PARK LANE SOUTH | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,409,800 | 2025 | $102,969 |
| 99 HUDSON ST. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $4,210,300 | 2025 | $98,311 |
| 99 HUDSON ST. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,362,500 | 2025 | $78,514 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Jersey City is $9,145,639 at 30 HUDSON ST., on a net assessment of $391,676,200 and a 2025 general rate of 2.335.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 HUDSON ST. | 4A — Commercial | $391,676,200 | 2025 | $9,145,639 |
| 101 HUDSON ST. | 4A — Commercial | $351,950,000 | 2025 | $8,218,033 |
| 150 & 200 HUDSON ST. | 4A — Commercial | $291,437,500 | 2025 | $6,805,066 |
| 10 EXCHANGE PL. | 4A — Commercial | $221,137,300 | 2025 | $5,163,556 |
| 480 WASHINGTON BLVD. | 4A — Commercial | $218,564,500 | 2025 | $5,103,481 |
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 Jersey City, typical class 2 assessment $487,501
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 42,864 parcels, average net assessment $487,501.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $20,231,240,185 to $20,589,453,885, up 1.8%, on 42,362 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 1,856 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $729,500. 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 | 42,864 | $20,896,237,785 | 32.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 14,750 | $18,557,273,554 | 28.6% |
| Commercial 4A | 4,886 | $16,453,879,300 | 25.3% |
| Industrial 4B | 436 | $2,159,095,800 | 3.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 1,757 | $6,850,339,900 | 10.5% |
| Other / unclassified other | 128 | $63,563,863 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in Jersey City, median year built 1924
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Jersey City with a year built have a median year of 1924, about 102 years old. Of those 42,438 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 66.1%, Vacant land 22.8%, Commercial 7.5%, Apartment 2.7%, Industrial 0.7%, Other / unclassified 0.2%. 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.