Lafayette Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.987
Lafayette Twp, Sussex County. 1,449 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.
Lafayette Twp at a glance
1,449 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.987, and the prior rate on file is 2.915 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $312,001. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 29, median $569,000. The state construction file lists 1,177 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1980. 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 Lafayette Twp bill
Lafayette Twp’s general rate of 2.987 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.915 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 67.5%, 21.5%, and 10.9%. The largest slice is schools. In Sussex County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 63.6% in Andover Boro. Class 2 net assessments changed from $223,236,700 to $223,392,800, up 0.1%, on 716 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $569,000 (29 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 60.4%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Lafayette Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 1,177 permits in Lafayette 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 Lafayette Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Lafayette Twp: 2.987
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Sussex County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 63.6%; this town is 67.5%. 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 Sussex towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Lafayette Twp (K-8 or K-6 local), FY2027 K–12 aid $957,587. The high school district is High Point Regional, FY2027 K–12 aid $3,672,478. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Sussex district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.915.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Lafayette Twp
These figures use Lafayette 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 67.68% would be assessed at about $338,400. At the general rate of 2.987, the estimated tax is $10,108. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $135,360, with an estimated tax of $4,043.
In Sussex County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $2,348 in Walpack Twp to $14,735 in Hamburg Boro. The middle bill is $11,044 in Wantage Twp. All Sussex towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Lafayette Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Lafayette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 VOIGHT LN | 12/23/2025 | $700,000 | $401,100 |
| 31 VAN SICKLE RD | 12/16/2025 | $430,000 | $243,100 |
| 146 RT 15 | 12/5/2025 | $235,000 | $177,500 |
| 25 VIOLET TR | 11/14/2025 | $175,000 | $127,400 |
| 52 RT 15 | 11/10/2025 | $600,000 | $504,100 |
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 Lafayette Twp: $26,674
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Lafayette Twp is $26,674 at 13 COUNTRY SQUIRE LN, on a net assessment of $893,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.987.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 COUNTRY SQUIRE LN | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $893,000 | 2025 | $26,674 |
| 101 STATESVILLE QUARRY RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $821,900 | 2025 | $24,550 |
| 29 VIOLET TR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $805,600 | 2025 | $24,063 |
| 24 LEWISBURG RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $793,300 | 2025 | $23,696 |
| 32 VIOLET TR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $753,000 | 2025 | $22,492 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Lafayette Twp is $142,157 at 144 RT 94, on a net assessment of $4,759,200 and a 2025 general rate of 2.987.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 RT 94 | 4B — Industrial | $4,759,200 | 2025 | $142,157 |
| 205 RT 94 | 4A — Commercial | $3,966,900 | 2025 | $118,491 |
| 37 SUNSET INN RD | 4A — Commercial | $3,342,900 | 2025 | $99,852 |
| 35 RT 15 | 4A — Commercial | $2,200,000 | 2025 | $65,714 |
| 75 RT 15 | 4A — Commercial | $2,082,900 | 2025 | $62,216 |
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 Lafayette Twp, typical class 2 assessment $312,001
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 716 parcels, average net assessment $312,001.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $223,236,700 to $223,392,800, up 0.1%, on 716 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 29 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $569,000. 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 | 716 | $223,392,800 | 60.4% |
| Vacant land 1 | 180 | $36,188,800 | 9.8% |
| Commercial 4A | 60 | $42,099,000 | 11.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 17 | $16,736,000 | 4.5% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 161 | $49,080,200 | 13.3% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 313 | $2,244,500 | 0.6% |
| Other / unclassified other | 2 | $34,000 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Lafayette Twp, median year built 1980
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Lafayette Twp with a year built have a median year of 1980, about 46 years old. Of those 711 houses, the largest share was built 1980–1999. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 49.4%, Farm (qualified) 21.6%, Vacant land 12.4%, Farm (regular) 11.1%, Commercial 4.1%, Industrial 1.2%, 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.