1 MAIN ST

Chatham Boro, Morris County · Block 129, Lot 1

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Assessment year 2026 · Rate year 2025 · Prior rate 2024

Assessments are tax year 2026; latest published general rate we have is 2025. Estimate uses that rate until the 2026 rate is loaded.

Estimated tax story (homeowner view)
-2.2%

Estimated tax down $4,142 ($191,252 → $187,110) using 2024→2025 rates (1.619 → 1.701) × assessed net.

Assessment net change: -6.9% ($11,813,000 → $11,000,000).

Assessment

Land$3,177,000
Improvements$7,823,000
Net (taxable assessed, 2026)$11,000,000
Town avg ratio used83.67% (Average ratio (Director’s / Chapter 123))
Implied equalized value$13,146,887
2025 tax (MOD-IV billed)$200,939.13
Est. 2025 tax @ general rate$187,110
Mailing address (2026)981 ROUTE 22; POB 6872, BRIDGEWATER NJ, 08807

How the ratio works: New Jersey towns often assess below full market value. The average ratio (Director’s / Chapter 123) estimates what percent of true market value the town’s assessments represent. Implied equalized value ≈ assessed net ÷ (ratio ÷ 100). Example: assessed $187,600 at 55.89% ≈ $335,700 equalized. Tax bills still use assessed value × the general tax rate — not the equalized figure.

Change since the 1996 sale of $5,150,000: implied equalized value $13,146,887 is $7,996,887 above that sale. This is not an appraisal.

Building permits for 1 MAIN ST

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Flood zone for 1 MAIN ST

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Water and sewer for 1 MAIN ST

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What the state maps say about 1 MAIN ST

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Year-by-year assessed value & tax

From NJ MOD-IV files (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). Tax is the MOD-IV billed amount when present; otherwise —. Current mailing is in Assessment above.

Year Assessed net Tax
2026 $11,000,000 —
2025 $11,813,000 $200,939.13
2024 $11,813,000 $191,252.47
2023 $11,813,000 $183,574.02

Assessed value & ratio history

Parcel assessed nets come from MOD-IV year files (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). Town average ratios are from Abstract / Chapter 123 when available — implied equalized = assessed ÷ (ratio ÷ 100).

Tax year Assessed net Avg ratio Implied equalized Assessed Δ Equalized Δ
2023 $11,813,000 73.99% $15,965,671 — —
2024 $11,813,000 98.05% $12,047,935 0.0% -24.5%
2025 $11,813,000 89.96% $13,131,392 0.0% +9.0%
2026 $11,000,000 83.67% $13,146,887 -6.9% +0.1%

Tax year history

Assessed net is from that year’s MOD-IV file. Est. tax = assessed × that year’s general rate when we have the rate sheet. Billed tax is the MOD-IV tax field when present (often empty for the newest file year).

Tax year Assessment net General rate Est. tax (that year) Billed tax Est. vs prior
2023 $11,813,000 1.554 $183,574 $183,574.02 —
2024 $11,813,000 1.619 $191,252 $191,252.47 +4.2%
2025 $11,813,000 1.701 $200,939 $200,939.13 +5.1%
2026 $11,000,000 — — — —

Where your money goes

Component $ = net × (component rate ÷ 100). Percents are share of school + county + municipal components for rate year 2025.

Schools
$118,910 63.6%
County
$29,260 15.6%
Municipal
$38,940 20.8%

Of the estimated decrease of $4,142, the school portion moved $1,701 down, the county portion $627 down, and the municipal portion $1,815 down. Those are pieces of the dollar change. They are not a change in each share of the rate.

Regional / consolidated school (1.081)$118,910
County (0.259)$28,490
County open space (0.007)$770
Municipal purpose (0.317)$34,870
Municipal library (0.037)$4,070

Property details

Class4A — Commercial
Building class—
Building—
Land description425X300
Dwellings—
Commercial units—
Year built1970
Acreage2.927
ZoningB-5 — town zoning code
Tax map page—
Additional lotsLOT 2 NEW BATH/RENO
Census tract / block—
Special tax codes—
MOD-IV current-year tax—
Last sale$5,150,000 · 12/2/1996 · sale assessment $5,200,000
Deed book / page04485 / 00061

The class, building class, SR1A, and special-tax words are the state’s names for those codes. The zoning code is the town’s. A code that is not on the state list keeps the code and says so.

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Sources: NJ Division of Taxation MOD-IV (current parcel file) and tax rates for 2025 (Abstract of Ratables). Building permits are read live from the NJ construction-permit file for this block and lot. The flood zone is read live from FEMA’s flood map at a point for this address. The high and low are read live from the state’s 10-foot ground scan. Water and sewer, the soil type, the 2012 wetlands map, and the Pinelands, Highlands, and coastal-zone maps are read at that same point. A historic district is shown only when the point falls in one. Those map readings are estimates, not a survey, not a permit decision, and not a hookup record. Estimates are not an official tax bill. Owner names are not shown. Water and sewer · Soil name · Full disclaimer.