Chester Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.587
Chester Twp, Morris County. 3,121 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.
Chester Twp at a glance
3,121 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.587, and the prior rate on file is 2.594 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $663,284. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 82, median $877,500. The state construction file lists 4,588 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 Chester Twp bill
Chester Twp’s general rate of 2.587 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.594 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 66.2%, 11.6%, and 22.1%. 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 $1,679,408,000 to $1,684,740,600, up 0.3%, on 2,537 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $877,500 (82 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 80.2%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Chester Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 4,588 permits in Chester 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 Chester Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Chester Twp: 2.587
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 66.2%. 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: 2.594.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Chester Twp
These figures use Chester 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 79.43% would be assessed at about $397,150. At the general rate of 2.587, the estimated tax is $10,274. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $158,860, with an estimated tax of $4,110.
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 Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Chester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 ASHLAND TER | 12/11/2025 | $1,625,000 | $1,300,000 |
| 32 PARKER RD | 12/3/2025 | $815,000 | $442,600 |
| 65 SOUTH RD | 12/3/2025 | $500,000 | $346,200 |
| 57 FURNACE RD | 12/1/2025 | $350,000 | $187,500 |
| 10 PARKER RD | 11/25/2025 | $825,000 | $439,700 |
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 Twp: $77,825
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Chester Twp is $77,825 at 21 BEACON HILL DR, on a net assessment of $3,008,300 and a 2025 general rate of 2.587.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 BEACON HILL DR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $3,008,300 | 2025 | $77,825 |
| 222 E FOX CHASE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,968,600 | 2025 | $76,798 |
| 5 SPRINGCROFT RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,593,400 | 2025 | $67,091 |
| 892 OLD CHESTER GLADSTONE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,347,500 | 2025 | $60,730 |
| 896 OLD CHESTER GLADSTONE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,319,200 | 2025 | $59,998 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Chester Twp is $167,550 at 201 PLEASANT HILL RD, on a net assessment of $6,476,600 and a 2025 general rate of 2.587.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 PLEASANT HILL RD | 4A — Commercial | $6,476,600 | 2025 | $167,550 |
| 230 POTTERSVILLE RD | 4A — Commercial | $2,857,700 | 2025 | $73,929 |
| 50 PARKER RD | 4A — Commercial | $1,812,900 | 2025 | $46,900 |
| 360 ROUTE 24 | 4A — Commercial | $1,500,000 | 2025 | $38,805 |
| 100 PARKER RD | 4A — Commercial | $1,312,300 | 2025 | $33,949 |
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 Twp, typical class 2 assessment $663,284
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 2,540 parcels, average net assessment $663,284.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $1,679,408,000 to $1,684,740,600, up 0.3%, on 2,537 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 82 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $877,500. 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 | 2,540 | $1,684,740,600 | 80.2% |
| Vacant land 1 | 214 | $273,242,100 | 13.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 86 | $49,454,700 | 2.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 7 | $3,134,900 | 0.1% |
| Apartment 4C | 1 | $1,650,000 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 102 | $86,865,800 | 4.1% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 169 | $1,468,200 | 0.1% |
| Other / unclassified other | 2 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Chester Twp, median year built 1981
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Chester Twp with a year built have a median year of 1981, about 45 years old. Of those 2,513 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 81.4%, Vacant land 6.9%, Farm (qualified) 5.4%, Farm (regular) 3.3%, Commercial 2.8%, Industrial 0.2%, Other / unclassified <0.1%, 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.