Springfield Twp NJ property tax rate 2025: 2.411
Springfield Twp, Union County. 5,407 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.
Springfield Twp at a glance
5,407 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 2.411, and the prior rate on file is 2.375 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $539,722. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 69, median $620,000. The state construction file lists 5,829 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1956. 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 Springfield Twp bill
Springfield Twp’s general rate of 2.411 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 2.375 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 49.0%, 16.7%, and 34.3%. The largest slice is schools. In Union County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 49.0% in Springfield Twp. Class 2 net assessments changed from $2,584,788,800 to $2,592,815,900, up 0.3%, on 4,803 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $620,000 (69 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Residential at 62.4%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Building permits in Springfield Twp
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 5,829 permits in Springfield 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 Springfield Twp construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Springfield Twp: 2.411
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Union County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 49.0%; this town is 49.0%. 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 Union towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Springfield Twp (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $4,538,102. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Union district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 2.375.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Springfield Twp
These figures use Springfield 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 91.20% would be assessed at about $456,000. At the general rate of 2.411, the estimated tax is $10,994. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $182,400, with an estimated tax of $4,398.
In Union County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $7,393 in Summit City to $14,114 in Roselle Boro. The middle bill is $10,396 in Garwood Boro. All Union towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Springfield Twp
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Springfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 COUNTRY CLUB LANE | 12/19/2025 | $700,000 | $581,000 |
| 121 EDGEWOOD AVE | 12/18/2025 | $525,000 | $427,400 |
| 445 MORRIS AVE 7-C | 12/17/2025 | $275,000 | $188,300 |
| 247 BALTUSROL WAY | 12/16/2025 | $1,200,000 | $952,500 |
| 68 COLFAX RD | 12/15/2025 | $653,250 | $509,500 |
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 Springfield Twp: $63,790
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Springfield Twp is $63,790 at 500 ASHWOOD RD, on a net assessment of $2,645,800 and a 2025 general rate of 2.411.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 ASHWOOD RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $2,645,800 | 2025 | $63,790 |
| 580 ASHWOOD RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,698,600 | 2025 | $40,953 |
| 52 TREE TOP DR | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,333,800 | 2025 | $32,158 |
| 404 MOUNTAIN AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,331,700 | 2025 | $32,107 |
| 23 OAK RIDGE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $1,317,000 | 2025 | $31,753 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Springfield Twp is $925,019 at 201 SHUNPIKE RD, on a net assessment of $38,366,600 and a 2025 general rate of 2.411.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 SHUNPIKE RD | 4A — Commercial | $38,366,600 | 2025 | $925,019 |
| 171 ROUTE 22 EAST BOUND | 4A — Commercial | $32,925,800 | 2025 | $793,841 |
| 391 ROUTE 22 EAST BOUND | 4A — Commercial | $21,884,800 | 2025 | $527,643 |
| 21 FADEM ROAD | 4B — Industrial | $16,361,300 | 2025 | $394,471 |
| 50-52 FADEM RD | 4B — Industrial | $15,696,900 | 2025 | $378,452 |
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 Springfield Twp, typical class 2 assessment $539,722
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 4,804 parcels, average net assessment $539,722.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $2,584,788,800 to $2,592,815,900, up 0.3%, on 4,803 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 69 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $620,000. 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 | 4,804 | $2,592,825,300 | 62.4% |
| Vacant land 1 | 278 | $289,073,700 | 7.0% |
| Commercial 4A | 241 | $640,641,600 | 15.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 63 | $196,845,400 | 4.7% |
| Apartment 4C | 19 | $432,036,900 | 10.4% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 1 | $25,500 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 1 | $2,398,792 | 0.1% |
Housing stock in Springfield Twp, median year built 1956
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Springfield Twp with a year built have a median year of 1956, about 70 years old. Of those 4,792 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 88.8%, Vacant land 5.1%, Commercial 4.5%, Industrial 1.2%, Apartment 0.4%, Farm (qualified) <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.