West Milford Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 4.214
West Milford Twp, Passaic County. 12,142 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.
West Milford Twp at a glance
12,142 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 4.214, and the prior rate on file is 4.054 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $244,584. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 339, median $431,250. The state construction file lists 11,413 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1962. 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 West Milford Twp bill
West Milford Twp’s general rate of 4.214 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 4.054 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 59.4%, 19.4%, and 21.2%. The largest slice is schools. In Passaic County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 48.0% in Prospect Park Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $2,392,495,600 to $2,400,592,800, up 0.3%, on 9,815 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $431,250 (339 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 78.4%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in West Milford Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 11,413 permits in West Milford 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 West Milford Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in West Milford Twp: 4.214
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Passaic County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 48.0%; this town is 59.4%. 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 Passaic towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is West Milford Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $6,168,543. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Passaic district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 4.054.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in West Milford Twp
These figures use West Milford 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 59.14% would be assessed at about $295,700. At the general rate of 4.214, the estimated tax is $12,461. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $118,280, with an estimated tax of $4,984.
In Passaic County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $7,580 in Totowa Boro to $14,609 in Prospect Park Boro. The middle bill is $11,619 in Hawthorne Boro. All Passaic towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in West Milford Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for West Milford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 853 UNION VALLEY ROAD | 12/17/2025 | $715,000 | $308,800 |
| 4 DELMONT RD | 12/16/2025 | $431,250 | $247,500 |
| 5 FANWOOD CT | 12/16/2025 | $450,000 | $184,200 |
| 4 RICHMOND RD SUITE 216 | 12/11/2025 | $231,000 | $99,400 |
| 10 EMERSON RD | 12/8/2025 | $770,000 | $356,100 |
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 West Milford Twp: $52,161
Residential
The highest residential estimate in West Milford Twp is $52,161 at 392 LAKESIDE RD, on a net assessment of $1,237,800 and a 2025 general rate of 4.214.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 LAKESIDE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,237,800 | 2025 | $52,161 |
| 40 BOARD RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $905,500 | 2025 | $38,158 |
| 400 UNION VALLEY RD. | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $894,100 | 2025 | $37,677 |
| 178 LAKESIDE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $879,100 | 2025 | $37,045 |
| 176 LONG POND RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $878,600 | 2025 | $37,024 |
Business
The highest business estimate in West Milford Twp is $1,065,485 at WEST MILFORD TWSP, on a net assessment of $25,284,400 and a 2025 general rate of 4.214.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST MILFORD TWSP | 4B — Industrial | $25,284,400 | 2025 | $1,065,485 |
| 9-35 MARSHALL HILL | 4A — Commercial | $16,000,000 | 2025 | $674,240 |
| 960 BURNT MEADOW RD | 4A — Commercial | $11,462,300 | 2025 | $483,021 |
| 197 CAHILL CROSS RD | 4A — Commercial | $10,634,000 | 2025 | $448,117 |
| 1632 UNION VALLEY | 4A — Commercial | $3,912,700 | 2025 | $164,881 |
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 West Milford Twp, typical class 2 assessment $244,584
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 9,815 parcels, average net assessment $244,584.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $2,392,495,600 to $2,400,592,800, up 0.3%, on 9,815 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 339 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $431,250. 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 | 9,815 | $2,400,592,800 | 78.4% |
| Vacant land 1 | 1,665 | $382,630,100 | 12.5% |
| Commercial 4A | 297 | $185,658,200 | 6.1% |
| Industrial 4B | 27 | $40,770,400 | 1.3% |
| Apartment 4C | 2 | $1,563,600 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 127 | $51,644,700 | 1.7% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 209 | $644,700 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in West Milford Twp, median year built 1962
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in West Milford Twp with a year built have a median year of 1962, about 64 years old. Of those 9,782 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 80.8%, Vacant land 13.7%, Commercial 2.4%, Farm (qualified) 1.7%, Farm (regular) 1.0%, Industrial 0.2%, Apartment <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.