East Amwell Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.621
East Amwell Twp, Hunterdon County. 2,221 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.
East Amwell Twp at a glance
2,221 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.621, and the prior rate on file is 2.602 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $366,963. Usable sales with a 2024 deed: 33, median $560,000. The state construction file lists 1,305 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 East Amwell Twp bill
East Amwell Twp’s general rate of 2.621 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.602 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 69.4%, 20.6%, and 10.0%. 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 $459,598,600 to $460,905,700, up 0.3%, on 1,256 parcels. Usable sales with a 2024 deed: median $560,000 (33 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 63.7%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in East Amwell Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,305 permits in East Amwell 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 East Amwell Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in East Amwell Twp: 2.621
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 69.4%. 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 East Amwell Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $1,027,785. 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: 2.602.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in East Amwell Twp
These figures use East Amwell 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 68.22% would be assessed at about $341,100. At the general rate of 2.621, the estimated tax is $8,940. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $136,440, with an estimated tax of $3,576.
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 East Amwell Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for East Amwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 OLD YORK ROAD | 11/5/2025 | $899,000 | $445,600 |
| 45 ROSEMONT-RINGOES ROAD | 10/29/2025 | $535,000 | $343,100 |
| 3 SNYDERTOWN ROAD | 10/15/2025 | $305,777 | $267,100 |
| 37 WAGNER ROAD | 9/11/2025 | $656,000 | $334,000 |
| 7 MOUNTAIN ROAD | 9/10/2025 | $680,000 | $399,500 |
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 East Amwell Twp: $31,452
Residential
The highest residential estimate in East Amwell Twp is $31,452 at 34 BACK BROOK ROAD, on a net assessment of $1,200,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.621.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 BACK BROOK ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,200,000 | 2025 | $31,452 |
| 74 WELISEWITZ ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,147,700 | 2025 | $30,081 |
| 102 OLD YORK ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $972,700 | 2025 | $25,494 |
| 117 CIDER MILL ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $970,300 | 2025 | $25,432 |
| 25 ORCHARD ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $877,800 | 2025 | $23,007 |
Business
The highest business estimate in East Amwell Twp is $521,293 at 36;033 FT: 42' PIPELINE, on a net assessment of $19,889,100 and a 2025 general rate of 2.621.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36;033 FT: 42' PIPELINE | 4A — Commercial | $19,889,100 | 2025 | $521,293 |
| MEASURING STATION | 4A — Commercial | $17,817,500 | 2025 | $466,997 |
| 211 WERTSVILLE ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $5,347,200 | 2025 | $140,150 |
| 14826 30 INCH | 4A — Commercial | $4,101,200 | 2025 | $107,492 |
| 40 FRONTAGE ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $3,433,200 | 2025 | $89,984 |
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 East Amwell Twp, typical class 2 assessment $366,963
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,256 parcels, average net assessment $366,963.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $459,598,600 to $460,905,700, up 0.3%, on 1,256 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 33 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2024, the median price is $560,000. 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 | 1,256 | $460,905,700 | 63.7% |
| Vacant land 1 | 277 | $54,250,600 | 7.5% |
| Commercial 4A | 61 | $79,393,300 | 11.0% |
| Apartment 4C | 7 | $3,448,600 | 0.5% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 238 | $121,059,600 | 16.7% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 372 | $4,952,900 | 0.7% |
| Other / unclassified other | 10 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in East Amwell Twp, median year built 1975
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in East Amwell Twp with a year built have a median year of 1975, about 51 years old. Of those 1,219 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 56.6%, Farm (qualified) 16.7%, Vacant land 12.5%, Farm (regular) 10.7%, Commercial 2.7%, Other / unclassified 0.5%, Apartment 0.3%. 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.