Delaware Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.883
Delaware Twp, Hunterdon County. 2,793 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.
Delaware Twp at a glance
2,793 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.883, and the prior rate on file is 2.749 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $402,279. Usable sales with a 2022 deed: 34, median $527,500. The state construction file lists 1,747 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1974. 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 Delaware Twp bill
Delaware Twp’s general rate of 2.883 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.749 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 61.9%, 18.9%, and 19.3%. 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 $556,692,200 to $557,155,800, up 0.1%, on 1,385 parcels. Usable sales with a 2022 deed: median $527,500 (34 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 64.7%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Delaware Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,747 permits in Delaware 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 Delaware Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Delaware Twp: 2.883
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 61.9%. 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 Delaware Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $1,066,347. The high school district is Hunterdon Central Reg, FY2027 K–12 aid $4,934,236. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Hunterdon district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.749.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Delaware Twp
These figures use Delaware 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 67.73% would be assessed at about $338,650. At the general rate of 2.883, the estimated tax is $9,763. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $135,460, with an estimated tax of $3,905.
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 Delaware Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Delaware 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 PINE HILL ROAD | 11/21/2025 | $730,000 | $351,600 |
| 467 COUNTY ROAD 579 | 11/19/2025 | $515,000 | $289,900 |
| 42 PINE HILL ROAD | 11/6/2025 | $700,000 | $520,800 |
| 35 STRIMPLES MILL ROAD | 11/3/2025 | $300,000 | $240,900 |
| 18 RITTENHOUSE ROAD | 10/8/2025 | $610,000 | $247,200 |
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 Delaware Twp: $36,577
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Delaware Twp is $36,577 at 10 PINE HILL ROAD, on a net assessment of $1,268,700 and a 2025 general rate of 2.883.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 PINE HILL ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,268,700 | 2025 | $36,577 |
| 210 SANDY RIDGE MT AIRY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,134,400 | 2025 | $32,705 |
| 155 LOWER CREEK ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,118,300 | 2025 | $32,241 |
| 114 FEDERAL TWIST ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,117,800 | 2025 | $32,226 |
| 199 SANDY RIDGE MT AIRY | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,109,400 | 2025 | $31,984 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Delaware Twp is $79,715 at 1700 DANIEL BRAY HWY, on a net assessment of $2,765,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.883.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700 DANIEL BRAY HWY | 4B — Industrial | $2,765,000 | 2025 | $79,715 |
| 605 STATE HIGHWAY 12 | 4A — Commercial | $2,467,700 | 2025 | $71,144 |
| 99 KINGWOOD STOCKTON RD | 4A — Commercial | $1,197,300 | 2025 | $34,518 |
| 11;452 36' | 4B — Industrial | $1,126,700 | 2025 | $32,483 |
| 734 SERGEANTSVILLE ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $990,000 | 2025 | $28,542 |
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 Delaware Twp, typical class 2 assessment $402,279
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,385 parcels, average net assessment $402,279.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $556,692,200 to $557,155,800, up 0.1%, on 1,385 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 34 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2022, the median price is $527,500. 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 | 1,385 | $557,155,800 | 64.7% |
| Vacant land 1 | 279 | $48,940,900 | 5.7% |
| Commercial 4A | 36 | $18,293,900 | 2.1% |
| Industrial 4B | 10 | $7,270,600 | 0.8% |
| Apartment 4C | 3 | $2,589,600 | 0.3% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 439 | $221,048,400 | 25.7% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 635 | $6,314,900 | 0.7% |
| Other / unclassified other | 6 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Delaware Twp, median year built 1974
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Delaware Twp with a year built have a median year of 1974, about 52 years old. Of those 1,321 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 49.6%, Farm (qualified) 22.7%, Farm (regular) 15.7%, Vacant land 10.0%, Commercial 1.3%, Industrial 0.4%, Other / unclassified 0.2%, Apartment 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.