Union City NJ property tax rate 2025: 1.848 after reassessment
Union City, Hudson County. 9,672 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.
Union City at a glance
9,672 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 1.848, and the prior rate on file is 1.848 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $524,726. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 199, median $600,000. The state construction file lists 5,102 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1918. 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 Union City bill
Union City’s general rate of 1.848 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 1.848 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 12.3%, 18.7%, and 69.0%. The largest slice is municipal. In Hudson County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 33.9% in Harrison Town. Class 2 net assessments changed from $3,445,076,700 to $3,565,822,500, up 3.5%, on 6,785 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $600,000 (199 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 42.7%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Union City
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 5,102 permits in Union 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 Union City construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Union City: 1.848
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 12.3%. The largest slice here is municipal. 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 Union City (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $240,333,260. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Hudson district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 1.848.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Union City
These figures use Union 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 100.00% would be assessed at about $500,000. At the general rate of 1.848, the estimated tax is $9,240. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $200,000, with an estimated tax of $3,696.
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 Union City
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Union 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 MANHATTAN AVE | 1/27/2026 | $1,100,000 | $841,300 |
| 199 20TH ST | 1/23/2026 | $835,000 | $765,000 |
| 211 40TH ST | 1/22/2026 | $430,000 | $486,300 |
| 649 38TH ST | 1/20/2026 | $640,000 | $154,000 |
| 649 38TH ST | 1/20/2026 | $640,000 | — |
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 Union City: $41,502
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Union City is $41,502 at 320-324 MOUNTAIN RD, on a net assessment of $2,245,800 and a 2025 general rate of 1.848.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320-324 MOUNTAIN RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,245,800 | 2025 | $41,502 |
| 1406 MANHATTAN AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,768,800 | 2025 | $32,687 |
| 115 20TH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,632,400 | 2025 | $30,167 |
| 1620 MANHATTAN AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,610,100 | 2025 | $29,755 |
| 610 12TH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,553,800 | 2025 | $28,714 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Union City is $475,611 at 615 23RD ST, on a net assessment of $25,736,500 and a 2025 general rate of 1.848.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615 23RD ST | 4A — Commercial | $25,736,500 | 2025 | $475,611 |
| 116 PETER/ 119-135 34TH | 4A — Commercial | $25,160,800 | 2025 | $464,972 |
| 3196 KENNEDY BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $24,480,300 | 2025 | $452,396 |
| 4800-16 BROADWAY | 4A — Commercial | $21,128,800 | 2025 | $390,460 |
| 3200 HUDSON AVE | 4A — Commercial | $18,713,800 | 2025 | $345,831 |
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 Union City, typical class 2 assessment $524,726
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 6,801 parcels, average net assessment $524,726.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $3,445,076,700 to $3,565,822,500, up 3.5%, on 6,785 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 199 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $600,000. 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 | 6,801 | $3,568,663,200 | 42.7% |
| Vacant land 1 | 752 | $1,484,454,800 | 17.8% |
| Commercial 4A | 1,363 | $1,743,980,500 | 20.9% |
| Industrial 4B | 70 | $106,038,100 | 1.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 684 | $1,439,545,300 | 17.2% |
| Other / unclassified other | 2 | $16,886,559 | 0.2% |
Housing stock in Union City, median year built 1918
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Union City with a year built have a median year of 1918, about 108 years old. Of those 6,543 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 70.3%, Commercial 14.1%, Vacant land 7.8%, Apartment 7.1%, Industrial 0.7%, 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.