Wharton Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.607 after reassessment
Wharton Boro, Morris County. 2,053 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.
Wharton Boro at a glance
2,053 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.607, and the prior rate on file is 2.802 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $432,076. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 49, median $465,000. The state construction file lists 2,278 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1956. 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 Wharton Boro bill
Wharton Boro’s general rate of 2.607 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.802 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 66.6%, 9.6%, and 23.7%. 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 $675,310,800 to $760,022,200, up 12.5%, on 1,748 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $465,000 (49 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 61.1%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Wharton Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 2,278 permits in Wharton 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 Wharton Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Wharton Boro: 2.607
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 66.6%. 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 Wharton Boro (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $10,133,067. 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: 2.802.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Wharton Boro
These figures use Wharton 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 89.21% would be assessed at about $446,050. At the general rate of 2.607, the estimated tax is $11,629. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $178,420, with an estimated tax of $4,651.
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 Wharton Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Wharton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 BAKER AVE | 12/22/2025 | $415,000 | $360,700 |
| 18 WABASH AVE | 12/16/2025 | $539,000 | $437,300 |
| 18116 WEST VIEW | 11/28/2025 | $450,000 | $399,100 |
| 54-56 FERN AVE | 11/21/2025 | $520,000 | $522,300 |
| 195 PRINCETON AVE | 11/14/2025 | $510,000 | $414,600 |
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 Wharton Boro: $23,682
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Wharton Boro is $23,682 at 62-68 ROBERT ST, on a net assessment of $908,400 and a 2025 general rate of 2.607.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62-68 ROBERT ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $908,400 | 2025 | $23,682 |
| 117 SO MAIN ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $799,500 | 2025 | $20,843 |
| 69-75 ROBERT ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $789,700 | 2025 | $20,587 |
| 18-24 SECOND ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $770,000 | 2025 | $20,074 |
| 120-122 BIRCH ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $765,200 | 2025 | $19,949 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Wharton Boro is $1,746,690 at 80-98 NO MAIN ST, on a net assessment of $67,000,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.607.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80-98 NO MAIN ST | 4B — Industrial | $67,000,000 | 2025 | $1,746,690 |
| 20 HARRY SHUPE BLVD | 4B — Industrial | $46,000,000 | 2025 | $1,199,220 |
| 314 RTE 15 | 4A — Commercial | $22,000,000 | 2025 | $573,540 |
| 315 RTE 15 | 4A — Commercial | $21,700,000 | 2025 | $565,719 |
| 105 W DEWEY AVE | 4B — Industrial | $21,000,000 | 2025 | $547,470 |
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 Wharton Boro, typical class 2 assessment $432,076
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,759 parcels, average net assessment $432,076.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $675,310,800 to $760,022,200, up 12.5%, on 1,748 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 49 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $465,000. 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 | 1,759 | $760,022,200 | 61.1% |
| Vacant land 1 | 181 | $164,277,100 | 13.2% |
| Commercial 4A | 81 | $117,350,500 | 9.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 12 | $149,594,100 | 12.0% |
| Apartment 4C | 14 | $52,354,800 | 4.2% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 1 | $468,900 | 0.0% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 1 | $1,000 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 4 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Wharton Boro, median year built 1956
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Wharton Boro with a year built have a median year of 1956, about 70 years old. Of those 1,743 houses, the largest share was built Before 1940. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 85.7%, Vacant land 8.8%, Commercial 3.9%, Apartment 0.7%, Industrial 0.6%, Other / unclassified 0.2%, Farm (regular) <0.1%, Farm (qualified) <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.