Ocean County property tax rates, 2025

33 municipalities, ranked from lowest to highest effective rate. The median in Ocean County is 1.469 per $100.

Lowest general rate
0.912Mantoloking Borough
Highest general rate
3.520South Toms River Borough
Municipalities
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1 Mantoloking Borough 0.912 0.531+0.054
2 Barnegat Light Borough 1.107 0.594+0.099
3 Lavallette Borough 1.014 0.619+0.068
4 Bay Head Borough 1.105 0.646+0.095
5 Surf City Borough 1.066 0.650+0.023
6 Harvey Cedars Borough 1.112 0.658-0.013
7 Long Beach Township 0.913 0.665+0.020
8 Ship Bottom Borough 1.241 0.702+0.036
9 Beach Haven Borough 1.426 0.765+0.114
10 Seaside Park Borough 1.735 1.083+0.099
11 Pt Pleasant Beach Borough 1.803 1.095+0.085
12 Lakewood Township 2.462 1.378+0.088
13 Seaside Heights Borough 1.284 1.432Revalued
14 Point Pleasant Borough 2.424 1.437+0.137
15 Jackson Township 1.386 1.458Revalued
16 Stafford Township 2.623 1.465+0.140
17 Island Heights Borough 2.234 1.469+0.105
18 Berkeley Township 2.590 1.498+0.179
19 Manchester Township 1.455 1.514Revalued
20 Toms River Township 1.902 1.523+0.132
21 Ocean Township 1.578 1.567+0.069
22 Brick Township 2.664 1.575+0.130
23 Pine Beach Borough 2.028 1.714+0.158
24 Lacey Township 2.735 1.771+0.201
25 Ocean Gate Borough 1.821 1.777+0.177
26 Beachwood Borough 3.187 1.789+0.283
27 Barnegat Township 3.083 1.848+0.106
28 Little Egg Harbor Township 3.207 1.865+0.316
29 Plumsted Township 3.150 1.953+0.385
30 Tuckerton Borough 3.201 1.958+0.103
31 Eagleswood Township 2.987 2.024+0.234
32 Lakehurst Borough 2.297 2.083+0.104
33 South Toms River Borough 3.520 2.123+0.234

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 Ocean County

In 2025, the general tax rate in Ocean County ranges from 0.912 in Mantoloking Borough to 3.520 in South Toms River Borough, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $2,736 to $10,560 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.