Jefferson Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 3.003
Jefferson Twp, Morris County. 9,375 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.
Jefferson Twp at a glance
9,375 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 3.003, and the prior rate on file is 2.903 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $331,661. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 193, median $500,000. The state construction file lists 10,056 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1964. 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 Jefferson Twp bill
Jefferson Twp’s general rate of 3.003 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.903 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 60.3%, 9.8%, and 29.9%. 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 $2,598,782,700 to $2,604,171,200, up 0.2%, on 7,852 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $500,000 (193 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 83.1%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Jefferson Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 10,056 permits in Jefferson 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 Jefferson Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Jefferson Twp: 3.003
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 60.3%. 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 Jefferson Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $5,449,074. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Morris district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.903.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Jefferson Twp
These figures use Jefferson 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 81.01% would be assessed at about $405,050. At the general rate of 3.003, the estimated tax is $12,164. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $162,020, with an estimated tax of $4,865.
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 Jefferson Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 MICHAEL RD | 11/24/2025 | $470,000 | $310,300 |
| 8 CLOVER TER | 11/5/2025 | $332,000 | $198,900 |
| 67 WILDWOOD RD | 10/30/2025 | $570,000 | $321,300 |
| 21 MOOSEPAC LN | 10/29/2025 | $435,000 | $289,500 |
| 22 RACCOON ISLAND RD | 10/28/2025 | $155,000 | $198,500 |
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 Jefferson Twp: $56,898
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Jefferson Twp is $56,898 at 200 ST RT 181, on a net assessment of $1,894,700 and a 2025 general rate of 3.003.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 ST RT 181 | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,894,700 | 2025 | $56,898 |
| 35 COVE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,801,600 | 2025 | $54,102 |
| 125 CASTLE ROCK RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,613,900 | 2025 | $48,465 |
| 101 CHINCOPEE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,599,500 | 2025 | $48,033 |
| 2 LAKE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,496,700 | 2025 | $44,946 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Jefferson Twp is $564,564 at 5734 BERKSHIRE VALLEY RD, on a net assessment of $18,800,000 and a 2025 general rate of 3.003.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5734 BERKSHIRE VALLEY RD | 4A — Commercial | $18,800,000 | 2025 | $564,564 |
| 757 ST RT 15 S | 4A — Commercial | $11,400,400 | 2025 | $342,354 |
| 5716 BERKSHIRE VALLEY RD | 4A — Commercial | $5,800,000 | 2025 | $174,174 |
| 1 BRADY RD | 4A — Commercial | $3,907,600 | 2025 | $117,345 |
| 5 BOWLING GREEN PKWY | 4A — Commercial | $3,732,800 | 2025 | $112,096 |
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 Jefferson Twp, typical class 2 assessment $331,661
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 7,853 parcels, average net assessment $331,661.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $2,598,782,700 to $2,604,171,200, up 0.2%, on 7,852 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 193 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $500,000. 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 | 7,853 | $2,604,533,600 | 83.1% |
| Vacant land 1 | 1,169 | $274,956,800 | 8.8% |
| Commercial 4A | 227 | $212,409,620 | 6.8% |
| Industrial 4B | 10 | $5,164,400 | 0.2% |
| Apartment 4C | 26 | $26,103,900 | 0.8% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 23 | $10,517,600 | 0.3% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 59 | $337,900 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 8 | $45,800 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Jefferson Twp, median year built 1964
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Jefferson Twp with a year built have a median year of 1964, about 62 years old. Of those 7,727 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 83.8%, Vacant land 12.5%, Commercial 2.4%, Farm (qualified) 0.6%, Apartment 0.3%, Farm (regular) 0.2%, Industrial 0.1%, 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.