Highlands Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 1.710 after reassessment
Highlands Boro, Monmouth County. 2,699 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.
Highlands Boro at a glance
2,699 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 1.710, and the prior rate on file is 1.980 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $572,528. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 67, median $590,000. The state construction file lists 1,360 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 Highlands Boro bill
Highlands Boro’s general rate of 1.710 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 1.980 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 40.9%, 11.5%, and 47.6%. The largest slice is municipal. In Monmouth County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 56.6% in Rumson Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $1,201,312,800 to $1,309,090,800, up 9.0%, on 2,287 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $590,000 (67 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 85.6%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Highlands Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,360 permits in Highlands Boro. 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 Highlands Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Highlands Boro: 1.710
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Monmouth County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 56.6%; this town is 40.9%. The largest slice here is municipal. State school aid is not in these bars — it reduces the school levy before the rate is struck. All Monmouth towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is District 2160 (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid —. The high school district is District 2120, FY2027 K–12 aid —. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Monmouth district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 1.980.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Highlands Boro
These figures use Highlands Boro’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 92.98% would be assessed at about $464,900. At the general rate of 1.710, the estimated tax is $7,950. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $185,960, with an estimated tax of $3,180.
In Monmouth County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $1,895 in Loch Arbour Village to $11,813 in Allentown Boro. The middle bill is $7,130 in Eatontown Boro. All Monmouth towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Highlands Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Highlands Boro. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 NAVESINK AVE 9 | 9/16/2025 | $390,000 | $390,300 |
| 203 SHORE DRIVE | 9/15/2025 | $365,000 | $396,700 |
| 37 SHREWSBURY AVENUE | 9/12/2025 | $830,000 | $839,800 |
| 16 BARBARIE AVENUE | 9/5/2025 | $626,000 | $623,000 |
| 78 PORTLAND ROAD | 8/25/2025 | $749,000 | $741,700 |
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 Highlands Boro: $46,497
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Highlands Boro is $46,497 at 104 PORTLAND ROAD, on a net assessment of $2,719,100 and a 2025 general rate of 1.710.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 PORTLAND ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,719,100 | 2025 | $46,497 |
| 88-3 PORTLAND ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,612,200 | 2025 | $44,669 |
| 88-2 PORTLAND ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,453,500 | 2025 | $41,955 |
| 140 PORTLAND ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,345,400 | 2025 | $40,106 |
| 160 PORTLAND ROAD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,332,400 | 2025 | $39,884 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Highlands Boro is $176,790 at SHADOW LAWN TRAILER PARK, on a net assessment of $10,338,600 and a 2025 general rate of 1.710.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHADOW LAWN TRAILER PARK | 4A — Commercial | $10,338,600 | 2025 | $176,790 |
| 326 SHORE DRIVE | 4A — Commercial | $7,407,800 | 2025 | $126,673 |
| WILLOW STREET | 4A — Commercial | $6,551,300 | 2025 | $112,027 |
| 95-99 BAY AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $4,868,900 | 2025 | $83,258 |
| 2 BAY AVENUE | 4A — Commercial | $3,422,900 | 2025 | $58,532 |
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 Highlands Boro, typical class 2 assessment $572,528
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 2,290 parcels, average net assessment $572,528.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $1,201,312,800 to $1,309,090,800, up 9.0%, on 2,287 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 67 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $590,000. 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 | 2,290 | $1,311,089,900 | 85.6% |
| Vacant land 1 | 301 | $106,657,800 | 7.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 91 | $98,309,200 | 6.4% |
| Apartment 4C | 16 | $15,941,200 | 1.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Highlands Boro, median year built 1975
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Highlands Boro with a year built have a median year of 1975, about 51 years old. Of those 2,181 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 84.8%, Vacant land 11.2%, Commercial 3.4%, Apartment 0.6%, 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.