Clinton Town NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.948 after reassessment
Clinton Town, Hunterdon County. 1,122 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.
Clinton Town at a glance
1,122 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.948, and the prior rate on file is 3.005 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $473,330. Usable sales with a 2023 deed: 42, median $465,550. The state construction file lists 647 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1971. 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 Clinton Town bill
Clinton Town’s general rate of 2.948 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.005 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 59.6%, 13.1%, and 27.3%. The largest slice is schools. In Hunterdon County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 66.1% in Califon Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $378,003,900 to $406,590,300, up 7.6%, on 859 parcels. Usable sales with a 2023 deed: median $465,550 (42 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 68.8%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Clinton Town
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 647 permits in Clinton Town. 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 Clinton Town construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Clinton Town: 2.948
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Hunterdon County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 66.1%; this town is 59.6%. 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 Hunterdon towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Clinton Town (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $1,136,884. The high school district is N Hunt/Voorhees Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $3,865,784. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Hunterdon district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 3.005.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Clinton Town
These figures use Clinton Town’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 90.87% would be assessed at about $454,350. At the general rate of 2.948, the estimated tax is $13,394. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $181,740, with an estimated tax of $5,358.
In Hunterdon County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $6,061 in Glen Gardner Boro to $17,446 in Hampton Boro. The middle bill is $11,003 in Lebanon Twp. All Hunterdon towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Clinton Town
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Clinton Town. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 LINGERT AVE | 12/4/2025 | $530,000 | $407,400 |
| 54 WEST MAIN ST | 11/19/2025 | $639,000 | $513,900 |
| 23 LINGERT AVE | 11/14/2025 | $675,000 | $602,000 |
| 60 CENTER ST | 11/12/2025 | $776,000 | $600,400 |
| 5 CEDAR COURT | 11/12/2025 | $465,000 | $416,800 |
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 Clinton Town: $24,911
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Clinton Town is $24,911 at 20 HALSTEAD ST, on a net assessment of $845,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.948.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 HALSTEAD ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $845,000 | 2025 | $24,911 |
| 46 CENTER ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $796,200 | 2025 | $23,472 |
| 93 CENTER STREET | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $788,200 | 2025 | $23,236 |
| 149 LEIGH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $782,700 | 2025 | $23,074 |
| 69 CENTER ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $774,600 | 2025 | $22,835 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Clinton Town is $196,042 at 1638 RT 31 NORTH, on a net assessment of $6,650,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.948.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1638 RT 31 NORTH | 4A — Commercial | $6,650,000 | 2025 | $196,042 |
| 111 WEST MAIN ST | 4A — Commercial | $4,950,000 | 2025 | $145,926 |
| 37-43 ROUTE 173 | 4A — Commercial | $4,254,000 | 2025 | $125,408 |
| 64 ROUTE 173 | 4A — Commercial | $3,567,300 | 2025 | $105,164 |
| 54 ROUTE 173 | 4A — Commercial | $3,540,900 | 2025 | $104,386 |
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 Clinton Town, typical class 2 assessment $473,330
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 859 parcels, average net assessment $473,330.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $378,003,900 to $406,590,300, up 7.6%, on 859 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 42 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2023, the median price is $465,550. 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 | 859 | $406,590,300 | 68.8% |
| Vacant land 1 | 104 | $65,901,400 | 11.1% |
| Commercial 4A | 145 | $90,440,100 | 15.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 10 | $28,131,900 | 4.8% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 3 | $41,800 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Clinton Town, median year built 1971
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Clinton Town with a year built have a median year of 1971, about 55 years old. Of those 850 houses, the largest share was built 1980–1999. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 76.6%, Commercial 12.9%, Vacant land 9.3%, Apartment 0.9%, Farm (qualified) 0.3%, 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.