Somerset County property tax rates, 2025

21 municipalities, ranked from lowest to highest effective rate. The median in Somerset County is 2.030 per $100.

Lowest general rate
1.160Far Hills Borough
Highest general rate
4.543North Plainfield Borough
Municipalities
212025
1 Far Hills Borough 1.160 1.231-0.119
2 Bedminster Township 1.204 1.249-0.066
3 Peapack Gladstone Borough 1.577 1.631-0.130
4 Bernards Township 1.688 1.711-0.091
5 Branchburg Township 1.709 1.737-0.095
6 Franklin Township 1.678 1.748-0.070
7 Bridgewater Township 1.902 1.829-0.022
8 Warren Township 1.752 1.841-0.086
9 Bernardsville Borough 1.898 1.947-0.057
10 Raritan Borough 3.042 2.009+0.056
11 Millstone Borough 2.154 2.030+0.324
12 Watchung Borough 1.952 2.031-0.046
13 Montgomery Township 3.438 2.060+0.062
14 Rocky Hill Borough 2.081 2.071+0.003
15 Hillsborough Township 2.160 2.083+0.074
16 Manville Borough 2.110 2.140-0.141
17 Green Brook Township 2.125 2.165-0.089
18 Bound Brook Borough 2.207 2.235-0.062
19 Somerville Borough 4.079 2.581+0.126
20 North Plainfield Borough 4.543 2.595+0.185
21 So Bound Brook Borough 4.014 2.645+0.192

Rates are per $100 of assessed value. Rank 1 has the lowest effective rate in the county.

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

Property tax in Somerset County

In 2025, the general tax rate in Somerset County ranges from 1.160 in Far Hills Borough to 4.543 in North Plainfield Borough, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $3,480 to $13,629 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.