West Amwell Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.128 after reassessment
West Amwell Twp, Hunterdon County. 1,688 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.
West Amwell Twp at a glance
1,688 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.128, and the prior rate on file is 2.210 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $575,451. Usable sales with a 2021 deed: 32, median $613,800. The state construction file lists 981 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1970. 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 West Amwell Twp bill
West Amwell Twp’s general rate of 2.128 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.210 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 63.7%, 16.8%, and 19.5%. 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 $515,541,900 to $537,558,500, up 4.3%, on 935 parcels. Usable sales with a 2021 deed: median $613,800 (32 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 68.7%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in West Amwell Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 981 permits in West 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 West Amwell Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in West Amwell Twp: 2.128
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 63.7%. 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 South-Hunterdon (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $3,560,213. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Hunterdon district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.210.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in West Amwell Twp
These figures use West 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 95.20% would be assessed at about $476,000. At the general rate of 2.128, the estimated tax is $10,129. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $190,400, with an estimated tax of $4,052.
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 West Amwell Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for West 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 146 ROCK ROAD WEST | 12/10/2025 | $395,000 | $434,100 |
| 1134 ROUTE 179 | 11/11/2025 | $530,000 | $410,200 |
| 1525 ROUTE 179 | 10/2/2025 | $200,000 | $326,600 |
| 11 WILLIAMSON LANE | 8/29/2025 | $945,000 | $853,500 |
| 30 ROSE RUN | 8/26/2025 | $985,250 | $921,400 |
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 West Amwell Twp: $50,738
Residential
The highest residential estimate in West Amwell Twp is $50,738 at 131 ROCKTOWN-LAMB ROAD, on a net assessment of $2,384,300 and a 2025 general rate of 2.128.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 ROCKTOWN-LAMB ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,384,300 | 2025 | $50,738 |
| 8 CHIMNEY HILL DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,176,000 | 2025 | $46,305 |
| 31 WILSON ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,067,400 | 2025 | $43,994 |
| 8-A CORSALO ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,707,200 | 2025 | $36,329 |
| 31 BARRY ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,502,900 | 2025 | $31,982 |
Business
The highest business estimate in West Amwell Twp is $162,279 at PIPELINE, on a net assessment of $7,625,900 and a 2025 general rate of 2.128.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPELINE | 4B — Industrial | $7,625,900 | 2025 | $162,279 |
| 638 BRUNSWICK PIKE | 4B — Industrial | $3,833,600 | 2025 | $81,579 |
| 1325 ROUTE 179 | 4B — Industrial | $3,401,400 | 2025 | $72,382 |
| 1337 ROUTE 179 | 4A — Commercial | $2,915,000 | 2025 | $62,031 |
| 1422 ROUTE 179 | 4A — Commercial | $2,902,100 | 2025 | $61,757 |
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 West Amwell Twp, typical class 2 assessment $575,451
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 936 parcels, average net assessment $575,451.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $515,541,900 to $537,558,500, up 4.3%, on 935 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 32 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2021, the median price is $613,800. 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 | 936 | $538,621,700 | 68.7% |
| Vacant land 1 | 241 | $51,242,300 | 6.5% |
| Commercial 4A | 63 | $51,373,600 | 6.6% |
| Industrial 4B | 7 | $21,610,000 | 2.8% |
| Apartment 4C | 2 | $1,315,400 | 0.2% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 159 | $116,827,800 | 14.9% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 273 | $3,039,000 | 0.4% |
| Other / unclassified other | 7 | $100 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in West Amwell Twp, median year built 1970
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in West Amwell Twp with a year built have a median year of 1970, about 56 years old. Of those 921 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 55.5%, Farm (qualified) 16.2%, Vacant land 14.3%, Farm (regular) 9.4%, Commercial 3.7%, Industrial 0.4%, Other / unclassified 0.4%, 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.