Sussex County property tax rates, 2025

24 municipalities, ranked from lowest to highest effective rate. The median in Sussex County is 2.303 per $100.

Lowest general rate
0.502Walpack Township
Highest general rate
5.135Hamburg Borough
Municipalities
242025
1 Walpack Township 0.502 0.429-0.006
2 Hardyston Township 1.929 1.936-0.079
3 Lafayette Township 2.987 2.013+0.072
4 Sandyston Township 3.338 2.028+0.178
5 Branchville Borough 2.516 2.036+0.064
6 Hopatcong Borough 2.214 2.111+0.129
7 Montague Township 3.165 2.129+0.222
8 Frankford Township 3.040 2.139+0.066
9 Hampton Township 3.495 2.143+0.157
10 Wantage Township 3.002 2.203+0.049
11 Stillwater Township 3.771 2.265+0.143
12 Fredon Township 3.160 2.296+0.043
13 Vernon Township 2.345 2.310-0.096
14 Sparta Township 3.668 2.347+0.079
15 Andover Borough 3.300 2.364+0.049
16 Green Township 2.274 2.401Revalued
17 Franklin Borough 2.515 2.566-0.139
18 Byram Township 4.019 2.575+0.189
19 Sussex Borough 3.615 2.578+0.120
20 Andover Township 4.360 2.676+0.147
21 Ogdensburg Borough 4.154 2.682+0.157
22 Newton Town 2.662 2.732-0.065
23 Stanhope Borough 4.660 2.932+0.146
24 Hamburg Borough 5.135 2.939+0.177

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 Sussex County

In 2025, the general tax rate in Sussex County ranges from 0.502 in Walpack Township to 5.135 in Hamburg Borough, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $1,506 to $15,405 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.