Toms River Twp NJ property tax rate 2026: 1.980

Toms River Twp at a glance

42,866 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2026 general rate is 1.980, and the prior rate on file is 1.902 for 2025. A typical class 2 assessment is $450,606, about $8,922 in estimated tax. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 1,012, median $525,000. The state construction file lists 35,037 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1976. 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 Toms River Twp bill

The general rate went from 1.902 in 2025 to 1.980 in 2026, so this is not a reassessment drop. The school bar is 54.2%, above the Ocean median of 41.8%. This municipality has one K–12 district, Toms River Regional, so there is no second high-school notice beside it the way Stafford has Southern Regional. The $31,663,676 figure is that district’s FY2027 notice. It is already netted out of the levy before the 54.2% was struck. The $300,000 illustration sits under the class-2 average of $450,606.

Building permits in Toms River Twp

The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 35,037 permits in Toms River 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 Toms River Twp construction office.

2026 general tax rate in Toms River Twp: 1.980

Dollars per $100 of assessed value. Example on $300,000 net: $5,940/yr estimated.

In Ocean County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2026) is 41.8%; this town is 54.2%. 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 Toms River Regional (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $31,663,676. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Ocean district table.

Prior year (2025) general rate: 1.902.

Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Toms River Twp

These figures use Toms River 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.

2026

A $500,000 sale at the 2026 ratio of 74.92% would be assessed at about $374,600. At the general rate of 1.980, the estimated tax is $7,417. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $149,840, with an estimated tax of $2,967.

In Ocean County for 2026, the $500,000 bill runs from $2,690 in Mantoloking Boro to $10,443 in South Toms River Boro. The middle bill is $7,384 in Berkeley Twp. All Ocean towns.

2025

A $500,000 sale at the 2025 ratio of 80.22% would be assessed at about $401,100. At the general rate of 1.902, the estimated tax is $7,629. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $160,440, with an estimated tax of $3,052.

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 Toms River Twp

These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Toms River 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.

Owner names are not shown. Estimated tax uses this town’s 2026 general rate on the net assessment. This is not a collector’s bill.

Highest estimated tax in Toms River Twp: $79,174

Residential

The highest residential estimate in Toms River Twp is $79,174 at 3566 OCEAN TERRACE, on a net assessment of $3,998,700 and a 2026 general rate of 1.980.

Business

The highest business estimate in Toms River Twp is $1,483,416 at OCEAN COUNTY MALL, on a net assessment of $74,920,000 and a 2026 general rate of 1.980.

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 Toms River Twp, typical class 2 assessment $450,606

Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 38,612 parcels, average net assessment $450,606. The $300,000 example above is an illustration — this average is closer to a typical residential assessment in this town.

How assessments changed

Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $17,289,029,200 to $17,397,502,900, up 0.6%, on 38,608 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.

Among 1,012 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $525,000. 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.

Housing stock in Toms River Twp, median year built 1976

On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Toms River Twp with a year built have a median year of 1976, about 50 years old. Of those 38,589 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 90.1%, Vacant land 6.0%, Commercial 3.6%, Industrial 0.1%, Apartment 0.1%, Farm (qualified) <0.1%, Farm (regular) <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.

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