Rockaway Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.463 after reassessment
Rockaway Twp, Morris County. 10,124 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.
Rockaway Twp at a glance
10,124 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.463, and the prior rate on file is 2.564 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $522,827. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 250, median $558,750. The state construction file lists 10,111 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1967. 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 Rockaway Twp bill
Rockaway Twp’s general rate of 2.463 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.564 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 65.7%, 10.8%, and 23.5%. 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 $4,240,231,200 to $4,630,675,500, up 9.2%, on 8,857 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $558,750 (250 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 69.8%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Rockaway Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 10,111 permits in Rockaway 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 Rockaway Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Rockaway Twp: 2.463
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 65.7%. 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 Rockaway Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $5,056,421. The high school district is Morris Hills Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $11,547,481. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Morris district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.564.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Rockaway Twp
These figures use Rockaway 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 83.87% would be assessed at about $419,350. At the general rate of 2.463, the estimated tax is $10,329. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $167,740, with an estimated tax of $4,131.
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 Rockaway Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Rockaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 135 HAWTHORNE CT | 12/23/2025 | $485,000 | $477,100 |
| 4 STANLEY TER | 12/18/2025 | $675,000 | $602,000 |
| 9 BALCHEN WAY | 12/15/2025 | $430,000 | $403,400 |
| 3 FLINTLOCK TER | 12/5/2025 | $555,000 | $502,100 |
| 11 DARLINGTON DR | 12/4/2025 | $835,000 | $727,900 |
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 Rockaway Twp: $57,011
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Rockaway Twp is $57,011 at 50 LAKE END RD, on a net assessment of $2,314,700 and a 2025 general rate of 2.463.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 LAKE END RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,314,700 | 2025 | $57,011 |
| 24 OAK LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,311,600 | 2025 | $56,935 |
| 20 LAKE END RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,238,800 | 2025 | $55,142 |
| 175 LAKE END RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,223,000 | 2025 | $54,752 |
| 39 LAKE END RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,173,200 | 2025 | $53,526 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Rockaway Twp is $3,694,500 at 301 MT HOPE AVE, on a net assessment of $150,000,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.463.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 MT HOPE AVE | 4A — Commercial | $150,000,000 | 2025 | $3,694,500 |
| 625 MT HOPE RD | 4B — Industrial | $76,839,400 | 2025 | $1,892,554 |
| 100 COMMONS WAY | 4B — Industrial | $40,996,000 | 2025 | $1,009,731 |
| MT PLEASANT AVE | 4A — Commercial | $36,961,600 | 2025 | $910,364 |
| 437 ROUTE 46 | 4A — Commercial | $32,660,100 | 2025 | $804,418 |
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 Rockaway Twp, typical class 2 assessment $522,827
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 8,857 parcels, average net assessment $522,827.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $4,240,231,200 to $4,630,675,500, up 9.2%, on 8,857 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 250 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $558,750. 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 | 8,857 | $4,630,675,500 | 69.8% |
| Vacant land 1 | 989 | $557,201,800 | 8.4% |
| Commercial 4A | 160 | $642,079,600 | 9.7% |
| Industrial 4B | 37 | $384,022,900 | 5.8% |
| Apartment 4C | 13 | $404,410,100 | 6.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 25 | $16,399,300 | 0.2% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 41 | $174,300 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 2 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Rockaway Twp, median year built 1967
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Rockaway Twp with a year built have a median year of 1967, about 59 years old. Of those 8,828 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 87.5%, Vacant land 9.8%, Commercial 1.6%, Farm (qualified) 0.4%, Industrial 0.4%, Farm (regular) 0.2%, Apartment 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.