Chester Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.328 after reassessment
Chester Boro, Morris County. 696 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.
Chester Boro at a glance
696 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.328, and the prior rate on file is 2.444 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $717,167. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 7, median $540,000. The state construction file lists 1,258 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 Chester Boro bill
Chester Boro’s general rate of 2.328 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.444 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 55.5%, 10.8%, and 33.7%. The largest slice is schools. In Morris County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 62.9% in Netcong Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $309,128,700 to $334,199,700, up 8.1%, on 466 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $540,000 (7 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 53.8%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Chester Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,258 permits in Chester 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 Chester Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Chester Boro: 2.328
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Morris County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 62.9%; this town is 55.5%. 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 Morris towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Chester Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $1,781,846. The high school district is West Morris Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $4,078,855. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Morris district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.444.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Chester Boro
These figures use Chester 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 84.89% would be assessed at about $424,450. At the general rate of 2.328, the estimated tax is $9,881. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $169,780, with an estimated tax of $3,952.
In Morris County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $4,917 in Harding Twp to $14,240 in Netcong Boro. The middle bill is $9,881 in Chester Boro. All Morris towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Chester Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Chester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 MAIN ST | 10/2/2025 | $415,000 | $427,400 |
| 143 MAPLE AVE | 8/27/2025 | $465,000 | $481,000 |
| 530 EAST MAIN ST.UNIT 4B | 7/10/2025 | $167,000 | $168,900 |
| 2 ELM ST | 5/21/2025 | $651,000 | $670,700 |
| 58 GROVE ST | 4/22/2025 | $650,000 | $557,700 |
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 Chester Boro: $38,850
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Chester Boro is $38,850 at 32 MILL RIDGE LN, on a net assessment of $1,668,800 and a 2025 general rate of 2.328.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 MILL RIDGE LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,668,800 | 2025 | $38,850 |
| 7 SEWARD PL | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,641,500 | 2025 | $38,214 |
| 75 BUDD AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,500,700 | 2025 | $34,936 |
| 6 SWAYZE LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,388,300 | 2025 | $32,320 |
| 24 MILL RIDGE LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,364,400 | 2025 | $31,763 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Chester Boro is $1,341,526 at 141-205 ROUTE 206, on a net assessment of $57,625,700 and a 2025 general rate of 2.328.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141-205 ROUTE 206 | 4A — Commercial | $57,625,700 | 2025 | $1,341,526 |
| 130-450 ROUTE 206 | 4A — Commercial | $27,947,900 | 2025 | $650,627 |
| 11-85 WEST MAIN ST | 4A — Commercial | $7,796,100 | 2025 | $181,493 |
| 245 MAIN ST | 4A — Commercial | $4,373,700 | 2025 | $101,820 |
| 95 WEST MAIN ST | 4A — Commercial | $4,021,300 | 2025 | $93,616 |
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 Chester Boro, typical class 2 assessment $717,167
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 466 parcels, average net assessment $717,167.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $309,128,700 to $334,199,700, up 8.1%, on 466 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 7 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $540,000. 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 | 466 | $334,199,700 | 53.8% |
| Vacant land 1 | 82 | $66,241,800 | 10.7% |
| Commercial 4A | 133 | $217,978,400 | 35.1% |
| Apartment 4C | 1 | $2,050,200 | 0.3% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 3 | $843,200 | 0.1% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 9 | $57,000 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 2 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Chester Boro, median year built 1970
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Chester Boro with a year built have a median year of 1970, about 56 years old. Of those 463 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 67.0%, Commercial 19.1%, Vacant land 11.8%, Farm (qualified) 1.3%, Farm (regular) 0.4%, Other / unclassified 0.3%, 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.