215-225 MOUNTAIN AVE

Hackettstown Town, Warren County · Block 125, Lot 9

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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)
-13.7%

Estimated tax down $108,509 ($793,478 → $684,969) using 2024→2025 rates (3.419 → 3.477) × assessed net.

Assessment net change: -15.1% ($23,207,900 → $19,700,000).

Assessment

Land$12,450,400
Improvements$7,249,600
Net (taxable assessed, 2026)$19,700,000
Town avg ratio used74.38% (Average ratio (Director’s / Chapter 123))
Implied equalized value$26,485,614
2025 tax (MOD-IV billed)$806,938.68
Est. 2025 tax @ general rate$684,969
Mailing address (2026)210 RTE 4 EAST, PARAMUS NJ, 07652

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.

The stored sale is not used for a change-since-sale figure. SR1A 3 — Sale between a company and its owner or a related company marks it non-usable, or the price is a nominal amount.

Building permits for 215-225 MOUNTAIN AVE

The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 14 permits for 215-225 MOUNTAIN AVE in Hackettstown Town. 9 are still open in the state file. Permit 25-152+G, an alteration, was issued 2 Dec 2025 and is open in the state file. The reported cost is $280,000.

Permit Type Use Issued Closed Reported cost
21-254 Alteration Business Uses 21 Jul 2021 17 Sep 2021, Certificate of Approval $232,166
22-302 Alteration Business Uses 2 Sep 2022 Open in the state file $493,112
22-305 Alteration International Residential Code 8 Sep 2022 Open in the state file $1,700
24-202 Alteration International Residential Code 8 May 2024 Open in the state file $500
25-109 Alteration Business Uses 24 Mar 2025 11 Dec 2025, Certificate of Approval $300
25-152 Alteration Business Uses 23 Apr 2025 17 Nov 2025, Temporary Certificate of Occupancy $905,100
25-152+B Alteration Business Uses 23 Apr 2025 Open in the state file $295,060
25-152+A Alteration Business Uses 23 Apr 2025 Open in the state file $89,000
25-152+D Alteration Business Uses 12 May 2025 20 Aug 2025, Certificate of Approval $5,000
25-152+E Alteration Business Uses 3 Jun 2025 Open in the state file $61,500
25-217 Alteration Business Uses 3 Jun 2025 3 Dec 2025, Certificate of Approval $5,950
25-152+F Alteration Business Uses 10 Jun 2025 Open in the state file $17,925
25-152+C Alteration Business Uses 19 Jun 2025 Open in the state file $88,260
25-152+G Alteration Business Uses 2 Dec 2025 Open in the state file $280,000

The file does not name the work. This file is a full record from 2021 on. Older permits are mostly missing. A repair from before then can be absent here and still be at the Hackettstown Town construction office.

Flood zone for 215-225 MOUNTAIN AVE

FEMA’s flood map places the mapped point for 215-225 MOUNTAIN AVE in zone X (0.2 percent annual chance).

The state’s 10-foot ground scan puts the lowest cell on this lot at 501 feet and the highest at 513.6 feet (NAVD88).

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 215-225 MOUNTAIN AVE

This lot is most likely on septic because it is outside the mapped sewer service area. Please verify.

This lot is within the Hackettstown MUA 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 $19,700,000 —
2025 $23,207,900 $806,938.68
2024 $23,207,900 $793,478.10
2023 $23,207,900 $783,034.55

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 $23,207,900 89.47% $25,939,309 — —
2024 $23,207,900 84.76% $27,380,722 0.0% +5.6%
2025 $23,207,900 77.66% $29,883,981 0.0% +9.1%
2026 $19,700,000 74.38% $26,485,614 -15.1% -11.4%

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 $23,207,900 3.374 $783,035 $783,034.55 —
2024 $23,207,900 3.419 $793,478 $793,478.10 +1.3%
2025 $23,207,900 3.477 $806,939 $806,938.68 +1.7%
2026 $19,700,000 — — — —

Where your money goes

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

Schools
$407,987 59.6%
County
$133,172 19.4%
Municipal
$143,810 21.0%

Of the estimated decrease of $108,509, the school portion moved $58,028 down, the county portion $23,017 down, and the municipal portion $27,464 down. Those are pieces of the dollar change. They are not a change in each share of the rate.

District school (2.071)$407,987
County (0.650)$128,050
County open space (0.026)$5,122
Municipal purpose (0.688)$135,536
Municipal library (0.042)$8,274

Property details

Class4A — Commercial
Building class—
Building1SCB-MALL
Land description23.25 AC
Dwellings—
Commercial units—
Year built—
Acreage23.25
ZoningHC — town zoning code
Tax map page23
Additional lots—
Census tract / block—
Special tax codes—
MOD-IV current-year tax—
Last sale$11,171,231 · 6/30/2003 · sale assessment $11,642,800 · SR1A 3 — Sale between a company and its owner or a related company
Deed book / page01881 / 00216

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.

See this lot on the statewide map, then come back for the full tax story.

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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.