Hamilton Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.708
Hamilton Twp, Mercer County. 33,451 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.
Hamilton Twp at a glance
33,451 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.708, and the prior rate on file is 3.524 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $218,181. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 631, median $400,000. The state construction file lists 37,102 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1958. 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 Hamilton Twp bill
Hamilton Twp’s general rate of 3.708 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.524 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 40.7%, 22.4%, and 36.9%. The largest slice is schools. In Mercer County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 54.8% in Hopewell Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $6,400,162,900 to $6,431,395,300, up 0.5%, on 29,478 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $400,000 (631 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 64.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Hamilton Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 37,102 permits in Hamilton 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 Hamilton Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Hamilton Twp: 3.708
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Mercer County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 54.8%; this town is 40.7%. 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 Mercer towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Hamilton Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $143,456,262. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Mercer district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 3.524.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Hamilton Twp
These figures use Hamilton 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 65.78% would be assessed at about $328,900. At the general rate of 3.708, the estimated tax is $12,196. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $131,560, with an estimated tax of $4,878.
In Mercer County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $10,408 in West Windsor Twp to $17,708 in Trenton City. The middle bill is $12,107 in Pennington Boro. All Mercer towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Hamilton Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Hamilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 445 TINDALL AVE | 12/29/2025 | $440,000 | $215,800 |
| 119 CHINNICK AVE | 12/21/2025 | $485,000 | $170,600 |
| 72 ENGLEWOOD BLVD | 12/19/2025 | $360,000 | $177,800 |
| 150 NATRONA AVE | 12/17/2025 | $200,000 | $203,800 |
| 319 CYPRESS LANE | 12/17/2025 | $678,800 | $358,900 |
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 Hamilton Twp: $53,084
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Hamilton Twp is $53,084 at 2530 KUSER RD, on a net assessment of $1,431,600 and a 2025 general rate of 3.708.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2530 KUSER RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,431,600 | 2025 | $53,084 |
| 5 CREAMERY ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $916,500 | 2025 | $33,984 |
| 55 TATTLETOWN RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $865,400 | 2025 | $32,089 |
| 402 OLD YORK ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $849,300 | 2025 | $31,492 |
| 9 WEATHERSFIELD DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $849,200 | 2025 | $31,488 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Hamilton Twp is $1,669,401 at 102-440 HAMILTON MKT-U 25, on a net assessment of $45,021,600 and a 2025 general rate of 3.708.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102-440 HAMILTON MKT-U 25 | 4A — Commercial | $45,021,600 | 2025 | $1,669,401 |
| 2560;2570;2580 KUSER RD | 4A — Commercial | $42,281,000 | 2025 | $1,567,779 |
| 401 CABOT DRIVE | 4B — Industrial | $38,004,500 | 2025 | $1,409,207 |
| 100-200-300 AMER METRO BL | 4A — Commercial | $37,900,000 | 2025 | $1,405,332 |
| 400 CABOT DR | 4B — Industrial | $36,257,300 | 2025 | $1,344,421 |
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 Hamilton Twp, typical class 2 assessment $218,181
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 29,479 parcels, average net assessment $218,181.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $6,400,162,900 to $6,431,395,300, up 0.5%, on 29,478 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 631 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $400,000. 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 | 29,479 | $6,431,757,900 | 64.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 2,051 | $1,061,963,800 | 10.6% |
| Commercial 4A | 1,625 | $1,677,839,000 | 16.8% |
| Industrial 4B | 78 | $425,740,850 | 4.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 71 | $392,246,500 | 3.9% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 43 | $14,970,000 | 0.1% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 79 | $1,356,000 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 25 | $4,860,800 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Hamilton Twp, median year built 1958
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Hamilton Twp with a year built have a median year of 1958, about 68 years old. Of those 29,430 houses, the largest share was built 1940–1959. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 88.1%, Vacant land 6.1%, Commercial 4.9%, Farm (qualified) 0.2%, Industrial 0.2%, Apartment 0.2%, Farm (regular) 0.1%, 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.