Vernon Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.345
Vernon Twp, Sussex County. 14,348 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.
Vernon Twp at a glance
14,348 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.345, and the prior rate on file is 2.441 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $320,750. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 323, median $365,000. The state construction file lists 13,058 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 Vernon Twp bill
Vernon Twp’s general rate of 2.345 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.441 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 58.3%, 18.8%, and 22.9%. 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 $3,398,237,200 to $3,404,116,500, up 0.2%, on 10,612 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $365,000 (323 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 85.1%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Vernon Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 13,058 permits in Vernon 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 Vernon Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Vernon Twp: 2.345
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 58.3%. 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 Vernon Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $19,631,900. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Sussex district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.441.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Vernon Twp
These figures use Vernon 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 88.54% would be assessed at about $442,700. At the general rate of 2.345, the estimated tax is $10,381. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $177,080, with an estimated tax of $4,153.
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 Vernon Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Vernon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 RT 565 | 12/29/2025 | $655,000 | $447,000 |
| 6 MEADOWBROOK WAY | 12/29/2025 | $525,000 | $452,200 |
| 19 BLACK WALNUT MTN RD | 12/23/2025 | $540,000 | $438,700 |
| 2102 LAKESIDE DR W | 12/23/2025 | $437,500 | $424,000 |
| 109 RT 94 | 12/23/2025 | $1,150,000 | $502,100 |
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 Vernon Twp: $28,616
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Vernon Twp is $28,616 at 2084 LAKESIDE DR W, on a net assessment of $1,220,300 and a 2025 general rate of 2.345.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2084 LAKESIDE DR W | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,220,300 | 2025 | $28,616 |
| 5 VERNON VIEW DR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,068,900 | 2025 | $25,066 |
| 7 MURPHY COURT | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,050,000 | 2025 | $24,623 |
| 13 STONE RIDGE RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,040,400 | 2025 | $24,397 |
| 2038 LAKESIDE DR W | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $941,300 | 2025 | $22,073 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Vernon Twp is $386,925 at 530 RT 515, on a net assessment of $16,500,000 and a 2025 general rate of 2.345.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 530 RT 515 | 4A — Commercial | $16,500,000 | 2025 | $386,925 |
| VERNON | 4B — Industrial | $7,760,000 | 2025 | $181,972 |
| VERNON | 4B — Industrial | $6,156,600 | 2025 | $144,372 |
| 302 RT 94 | 4A — Commercial | $5,609,100 | 2025 | $131,533 |
| 2 CHAMONIX DR | 4A — Commercial | $5,348,700 | 2025 | $125,427 |
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 Vernon Twp, typical class 2 assessment $320,750
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 10,613 parcels, average net assessment $320,750.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $3,398,237,200 to $3,404,116,500, up 0.2%, on 10,612 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 323 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $365,000. 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 | 10,613 | $3,404,116,500 | 85.1% |
| Vacant land 1 | 3,015 | $329,261,100 | 8.2% |
| Commercial 4A | 342 | $174,860,600 | 4.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 27 | $38,328,700 | 1.0% |
| Apartment 4C | 5 | $4,519,000 | 0.1% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 114 | $46,435,800 | 1.2% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 211 | $1,348,500 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 21 | $2,329,449 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in Vernon Twp, median year built 1976
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Vernon Twp with a year built have a median year of 1976, about 50 years old. Of those 10,587 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 74.0%, Vacant land 21.0%, Commercial 2.4%, Farm (qualified) 1.5%, Farm (regular) 0.8%, Industrial 0.2%, Other / unclassified 0.1%, 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.