Hanover Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.052
Hanover Twp, Morris County. 5,880 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.
Hanover Twp at a glance
5,880 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.052, and the prior rate on file is 2.025 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $431,403. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 97, median $800,000. The state construction file lists 5,375 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 Hanover Twp bill
Hanover Twp’s general rate of 2.052 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.025 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 58.8%, 15.4%, and 25.8%. 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 $2,187,384,200 to $2,212,667,200, up 1.2%, on 5,128 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $800,000 (97 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 51.6%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Hanover Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 5,375 permits in Hanover 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 Hanover Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Hanover Twp: 2.052
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 58.8%. 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 Hanover Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $2,002,177. The high school district is Hanover Park Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $2,683,014. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Morris district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.025.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Hanover Twp
These figures use Hanover 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 76.03% would be assessed at about $380,150. At the general rate of 2.052, the estimated tax is $7,801. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $152,060, with an estimated tax of $3,120.
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 Hanover Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Hanover 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143 VISTA DR | 12/12/2025 | $499,500 | $269,800 |
| 47 LEFKE LN | 12/11/2025 | $425,000 | $317,400 |
| 16 SLOPE DR | 12/9/2025 | $920,500 | $513,800 |
| 304 BEAVERBROOK TER | 12/3/2025 | $636,000 | $344,600 |
| 71 MOUNTAIN AVE | 12/1/2025 | $725,000 | $401,100 |
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 Hanover Twp: $21,123
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Hanover Twp is $21,123 at 1 MAPLE SHADE DR, on a net assessment of $1,029,400 and a 2025 general rate of 2.052.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MAPLE SHADE DR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,029,400 | 2025 | $21,123 |
| 59 COUNTRYWOOD DR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,022,400 | 2025 | $20,980 |
| 2 OAKWOOD CT | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,001,600 | 2025 | $20,553 |
| 9 HOWELL ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,000,000 | 2025 | $20,520 |
| 3 MAPLE SHADE DR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $999,900 | 2025 | $20,518 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Hanover Twp is $2,257,200 at 100 BAYER BLVD, on a net assessment of $110,000,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.052.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 BAYER BLVD | 4A — Commercial | $110,000,000 | 2025 | $2,257,200 |
| 200-500 JEFFERSON PARK | 4A — Commercial | $102,459,700 | 2025 | $2,102,473 |
| 1 METLIFE WAY | 4A — Commercial | $46,000,000 | 2025 | $943,920 |
| 1401 ROUTE 10 | 4A — Commercial | $37,260,100 | 2025 | $764,577 |
| 225 RIDGEDALE AVE | 4A — Commercial | $35,000,000 | 2025 | $718,200 |
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 Hanover Twp, typical class 2 assessment $431,403
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 5,129 parcels, average net assessment $431,403.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $2,187,384,200 to $2,212,667,200, up 1.2%, on 5,128 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 97 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $800,000. 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 | 5,129 | $2,212,667,200 | 51.6% |
| Vacant land 1 | 357 | $454,976,300 | 10.6% |
| Commercial 4A | 237 | $1,084,919,700 | 25.3% |
| Industrial 4B | 123 | $403,925,437 | 9.4% |
| Apartment 4C | 7 | $128,816,800 | 3.0% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 2 | $441,800 | 0.0% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 5 | $6,500 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 20 | $200,300 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Hanover Twp, median year built 1970
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Hanover Twp with a year built have a median year of 1970, about 56 years old. Of those 5,125 houses, the largest share was built 1940–1959. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 87.2%, Vacant land 6.1%, Commercial 4.0%, Industrial 2.1%, Other / unclassified 0.3%, Apartment 0.1%, Farm (qualified) <0.1%, Farm (regular) <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.