Essex County property tax rates, 2025

22 municipalities, ranked from lowest to highest effective rate. The median in Essex County is 2.235 per $100.

Lowest general rate
1.862Roseland Borough
Highest general rate
4.157Belleville Township
Municipalities
222025
1 Millburn Township 2.019 1.571+0.037
2 Fairfield Township 2.081 1.645-0.055
3 North Caldwell Township 2.308 1.769+0.050
4 Roseland Borough 1.862 1.817+0.057
5 Newark City 3.999 1.845+0.196
6 Livingston Township 2.531 1.882+0.085
7 Essex Fells Township 2.311 1.885+0.147
8 Cedar Grove Township 2.603 1.943+0.070
9 West Caldwell Township 2.749 2.096+0.013
10 Montclair Township 3.516 2.160+0.113
11 Verona Township 3.165 2.216+0.079
12 Caldwell Boro Township 3.257 2.254+0.073
13 Glen Ridge Township 3.508 2.257+0.090
14 Bloomfield Township 3.489 2.391+0.097
15 Nutley Township 2.699 2.426+0.067
16 Maplewood Township 2.401 2.434+0.088
17 South Orange Village Township 2.584 2.469+0.075
18 Belleville Township 4.157 2.710+0.124
19 East Orange City 3.241 2.886+0.100
20 Irvington Township 2.587 2.913Revalued
21 West Orange Township 2.627 3.080Revalued
22 Orange City Township 4.030 3.765+0.120

Rates are per $100 of assessed value. Rank 1 has the lowest effective rate in the county. "Revalued" marks a rate that moved more than 40%, which almost always means property was reassessed that year.

Source: New Jersey Division of Taxation, 2025 General Tax Rates by County and Municipality. Retrieved 2026-10-24.

Property tax in Essex County

In 2025, the general tax rate in Essex County ranges from 1.862 in Roseland Borough to 4.157 in Belleville Township, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $5,586 to $12,471 a year before exemptions. Because assessments sit at different shares of market value from place to place, compare places with the effective rate, which is what the ranking above uses.

Choose a municipality above for its rate history and a bill calculator, or read the New Jersey property tax guide for how assessments, due dates and appeals work.