Seaside Heights Boro NJ property tax rate 2025: 1.284
Seaside Heights Boro, Ocean County. 2,487 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.
Seaside Heights Boro at a glance
2,487 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 1.284, and the prior rate on file is 2.834 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $598,952. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 98, median $455,000. The state construction file lists 1,904 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1973. 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 Seaside Heights Boro bill
Seaside Heights Boro’s general rate of 1.284 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.834 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 39.4%, 23.4%, and 37.2%. The largest slice is schools. In Ocean County the middle school share for rate year 2026 is 41.8% in Pt Pleasant Beach Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $1,119,717,700 to $1,132,019,600, up 1.1%, on 1,890 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $455,000 (98 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 59.0%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Seaside Heights Boro
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,904 permits in Seaside Heights 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 Seaside Heights Boro construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Seaside Heights Boro: 1.284
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Ocean County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2026) is 41.8%; this town is 39.4%. 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 Ocean towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Seaside Heights Boro (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $344,326. The high school district is Central Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $6,879,703. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Ocean district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.834.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Seaside Heights Boro
These figures use Seaside Heights 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 53.03% would be assessed at about $265,150. At the general rate of 1.284, the estimated tax is $3,405. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $106,060, with an estimated tax of $1,362.
In Ocean County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $2,658 in Mantoloking Boro to $10,643 in South Toms River Boro. The middle bill is $7,330 in Stafford Twp. All Ocean towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Seaside Heights Boro
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Seaside Heights 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 132-34 SAMPSON AVE | 11/25/2025 | $410,000 | $342,800 |
| 259 KEARNEY AVE UNIT 2 | 11/20/2025 | $389,690 | $389,500 |
| 259 KEARNEY AVE UNIT 3 | 11/20/2025 | $201,020 | $286,200 |
| 45 SAMPSON AVE UNIT 11 | 11/19/2025 | $260,000 | $225,400 |
| 307 WEBSTER AVE | 11/14/2025 | $750,000 | $738,100 |
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 Seaside Heights Boro: $37,484
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Seaside Heights Boro is $37,484 at 447 BAYSIDE TERRACE S, on a net assessment of $2,919,300 and a 2025 general rate of 1.284.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447 BAYSIDE TERRACE S | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,919,300 | 2025 | $37,484 |
| 457 BAYSIDE TERRACE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,912,000 | 2025 | $37,390 |
| 130 DUPONT AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,549,600 | 2025 | $32,737 |
| 473 BAYSIDE TERRACE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,034,100 | 2025 | $26,118 |
| 420 HIERING AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,986,400 | 2025 | $25,505 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Seaside Heights Boro is $238,173 at SHERMAN & GRANT AVE, on a net assessment of $18,549,300 and a 2025 general rate of 1.284.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHERMAN & GRANT AVE | 4A — Commercial | $18,549,300 | 2025 | $238,173 |
| 1415 BOULEVARD | 4A — Commercial | $15,372,300 | 2025 | $197,380 |
| INNER PIER SHERMAN &GRANT | 4A — Commercial | $15,194,000 | 2025 | $195,091 |
| 901-15 OCEAN TERRACE | 4A — Commercial | $14,993,300 | 2025 | $192,514 |
| 811 OCEAN TERRACE | 4A — Commercial | $14,382,200 | 2025 | $184,667 |
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 Seaside Heights Boro, typical class 2 assessment $598,952
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 1,890 parcels, average net assessment $598,952.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $1,119,717,700 to $1,132,019,600, up 1.1%, on 1,890 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 98 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $455,000. 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 | 1,890 | $1,132,019,600 | 59.0% |
| Vacant land 1 | 378 | $307,969,400 | 16.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 164 | $414,461,700 | 21.6% |
| Apartment 4C | 55 | $65,525,600 | 3.4% |
Housing stock in Seaside Heights Boro, median year built 1973
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Seaside Heights Boro with a year built have a median year of 1973, about 53 years old. Of those 1,888 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 76.0%, Vacant land 15.2%, Commercial 6.6%, Apartment 2.2%. 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.