Lawrence Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.165
Lawrence Twp, Mercer County. 11,637 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.
Lawrence Twp at a glance
11,637 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.165, and the prior rate on file is 3.098 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $289,897. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 81, median $510,000. The state construction file lists 14,469 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1981. 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 Lawrence Twp bill
Lawrence Twp’s general rate of 3.165 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 3.098 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 53.3%, 25.1%, and 21.5%. 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 $2,898,560,400 to $2,937,814,400, up 1.4%, on 10,133 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $510,000 (81 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 52.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Lawrence Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 14,469 permits in Lawrence 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 Lawrence Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Lawrence Twp: 3.165
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 53.3%. 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 Lawrence Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $7,759,445. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Mercer district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 3.098.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Lawrence Twp
These figures use Lawrence 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 75.34% would be assessed at about $376,700. At the general rate of 3.165, the estimated tax is $11,923. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $150,680, with an estimated tax of $4,769.
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 Lawrence Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 BERWYN PL | 10/22/2025 | $300,000 | $229,300 |
| 3 LAWRENCIA DRIVE | 10/13/2025 | $625,000 | $435,800 |
| 1 CARSON RD | 10/10/2025 | $540,000 | $376,000 |
| 7 FOXCROFT DRIVE | 10/10/2025 | $1,424,000 | $888,500 |
| 43 PRATT LANE | 10/8/2025 | $705,000 | $472,300 |
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 Lawrence Twp: $117,937
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Lawrence Twp is $117,937 at 225 CARTER RD, on a net assessment of $3,726,300 and a 2025 general rate of 3.165.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 CARTER RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,726,300 | 2025 | $117,937 |
| 274 CARTER RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,900,000 | 2025 | $91,785 |
| 4491 PROVINCE LINE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,873,100 | 2025 | $90,934 |
| 4 PLAYERS LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,850,000 | 2025 | $90,203 |
| 9 PLAYERS LANE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,850,000 | 2025 | $90,203 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Lawrence Twp is $11,498,847 at 3551 LAWR-PRIN ROAD, on a net assessment of $363,312,700 and a 2025 general rate of 3.165.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3551 LAWR-PRIN ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $363,312,700 | 2025 | $11,498,847 |
| 3401 PRINCETON PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $105,954,800 | 2025 | $3,353,469 |
| 660 ROSEDALE ROAD | 4A — Commercial | $85,500,000 | 2025 | $2,706,075 |
| 3320 BRUNSWICK PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $82,228,700 | 2025 | $2,602,538 |
| 3371 BRUNSWICK PIKE | 4A — Commercial | $72,647,900 | 2025 | $2,299,306 |
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 Lawrence Twp, typical class 2 assessment $289,897
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 10,134 parcels, average net assessment $289,897.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $2,898,560,400 to $2,937,814,400, up 1.4%, on 10,133 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 81 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $510,000. 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 | 10,134 | $2,937,814,400 | 52.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 895 | $884,226,900 | 15.7% |
| Commercial 4A | 434 | $1,371,663,700 | 24.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 27 | $102,349,200 | 1.8% |
| Apartment 4C | 20 | $301,138,600 | 5.4% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 43 | $29,092,800 | 0.5% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 76 | $681,400 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 8 | $44,600 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Lawrence Twp, median year built 1981
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Lawrence Twp with a year built have a median year of 1981, about 45 years old. Of those 10,094 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 87.1%, Vacant land 7.7%, Commercial 3.7%, Farm (qualified) 0.7%, Farm (regular) 0.4%, Industrial 0.2%, Apartment 0.2%, 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.