1027 W LAKE AVENUE

Rahway City, Union County · Block 115, Lot 5.21

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Assessment year 2026 · Rate year 2025 · Prior rate 2024

Assessments are tax year 2026; latest published general rate we have is 2025. Estimate uses that rate until the 2026 rate is loaded.

Estimated tax story (homeowner view)
+2.4%

Estimated tax up $987 ($40,839 → $41,826) using 2024→2025 rates (7.405 → 7.584) × assessed net.

Assessment net change: 0.0% ($551,500 → $551,500).

Assessment

Land$140,000
Improvements$411,500
Net (taxable assessed, 2026)$551,500
Town avg ratio used27.88% (Average ratio (Director’s / Chapter 123))
Implied equalized value$1,978,121
2025 tax (MOD-IV billed)$41,825.76
Est. 2025 tax @ general rate$41,826
Mailing address (2026)1027 W LAKE AVENUE, RAHWAY; NJ, 07065

How the ratio works: New Jersey towns often assess below full market value. The average ratio (Director’s / Chapter 123) estimates what percent of true market value the town’s assessments represent. Implied equalized value ≈ assessed net ÷ (ratio ÷ 100). Example: assessed $187,600 at 55.89% ≈ $335,700 equalized. Tax bills still use assessed value × the general tax rate — not the equalized figure.

Change since the 2024 sale of $1,600,000: implied equalized value $1,978,121 is $378,121 above that sale. This is not an appraisal.

This class 2 — residential (four families or less) — net assessment sits above the town class-2 average of $138,146.

Building permits for 1027 W LAKE AVENUE

No construction permit for 1027 W LAKE AVENUE is in the New Jersey construction-permit file. That file is a full record from 2021 on. Work from before then can be missing here and still be at the Rahway City construction office.

Flood zone for 1027 W LAKE AVENUE

FEMA’s flood map places the mapped point for 1027 W LAKE AVENUE in zone X.

The high and low ground elevation could not be read for this lot.

These figures are estimates. The zone and any flood elevation come from FEMA’s flood map at a point for this address, and that point can fall in the street. The high and low come from the state’s 10-foot ground scan of the lot outline. A cell can catch a ditch, the street, or the edge of the lot. They are not a survey and not an insurance rating. A licensed surveyor measures the ground and the building. The town floodplain administrator, or a licensed engineer, confirms what the zone means for this lot. No zone at this point, or zone X, does not mean the lot will not flood.

Water and sewer for 1027 W LAKE AVENUE

This lot is within the Rahway Valley SA sewer system. Please verify with the provider.

This lot is within the Veolia Water NJ Rahway water system. Please verify with the provider.

These lines come from the state’s sewer service areas and public community water areas, read at a point for this address. That point can fall in the street. Being inside a named area means the lot is inside that mapped system, not that a pipe or a meter is on the house. Being outside means the lot is outside the mapped service area, which is usually a septic system or a private well. It is not a hookup record. Please verify with the provider. How we read water and sewer.

Year-by-year assessed value & tax

From NJ MOD-IV files (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). Tax is the MOD-IV billed amount when present; otherwise —. Current mailing is in Assessment above.

Year Assessed net Tax
2026 $551,500 —
2025 $551,500 $41,825.76
2024 $631,000 $46,725.55
2023 $631,000 $45,255.32

Mailing changed in 2025 to 1027 W LAKE AVENUE, RAHWAY; NJ, 07065.

Assessed value & ratio history

Parcel assessed nets come from MOD-IV year files (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). Town average ratios are from Abstract / Chapter 123 when available — implied equalized = assessed ÷ (ratio ÷ 100).

Tax year Assessed net Avg ratio Implied equalized Assessed Δ Equalized Δ
2023 $631,000 41.16% $1,533,042 — —
2024 $631,000 36.95% $1,707,713 0.0% +11.4%
2025 $551,500 33.75% $1,634,074 -12.6% -4.3%
2026 $551,500 27.88% $1,978,121 0.0% +21.1%

Tax year history

Assessed net is from that year’s MOD-IV file. Est. tax = assessed × that year’s general rate when we have the rate sheet. Billed tax is the MOD-IV tax field when present (often empty for the newest file year).

Tax year Assessment net General rate Est. tax (that year) Billed tax Est. vs prior
2023 $631,000 7.172 $45,255 $45,255.32 —
2024 $631,000 7.405 $46,726 $46,725.55 +3.2%
2025 $551,500 7.584 $41,826 $41,825.76 -10.5%
2026 $551,500 — — — —

Where your money goes

Component $ = net × (component rate ÷ 100). Percents are share of school + county + municipal components for rate year 2025.

Schools
$18,944 45.3%
County
$5,929 14.2%
Municipal
$16,953 40.5%

Of the estimated increase of $987, the school portion moved $232 up, the county portion $188 up, and the municipal portion $568 up. Those are pieces of the dollar change. They are not a change in each share of the rate.

District school (3.435)$18,944
County (1.031)$5,686
County open space (0.044)$243
Municipal purpose (2.976)$16,413
Municipal library (0.098)$540

Property details

Class2 — Residential (four families or less)
Building class19 — High quality single-family dwelling
Building—
Land description.910
Dwellings1
Commercial units—
Year built2012
Acreage0.91
Zoning—
Tax map page—
Additional lots—
Census tract / block—
Special tax codes—
MOD-IV current-year tax—
Last sale$1,600,000 · 6/13/2024 · sale assessment $631,000
Deed book / page06548 / 02306

The class, building class, SR1A, and special-tax words are the state’s names for those codes. The zoning code is the town’s. A code that is not on the state list keeps the code and says so.

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Sources: NJ Division of Taxation MOD-IV (current parcel file) and tax rates for 2025 (Abstract of Ratables). Building permits are read live from the NJ construction-permit file for this block and lot. The flood zone is read live from FEMA’s flood map at a point for this address. The high and low are read live from the state’s 10-foot ground scan. Water and sewer are read live from the state’s service-area maps at that same point. Those map readings are estimates, not a survey and not a hookup record. Estimates are not an official tax bill. Owner names are not shown. Water and sewer · Full disclaimer.