Union County property tax rates, 2025

21 municipalities, ranked from lowest to highest effective rate. The median in Union County is 2.113 per $100.

Lowest general rate
2.017Elizabeth City
Highest general rate
23.411Winfield Township
Municipalities
212025
1 Summit City 4.471 1.475+0.115
2 Mountainside Borough 2.100 1.566+0.050
3 Westfield Town 2.292 1.810+0.040
4 Berkeley Heights Township 4.401 1.820+0.114
5 Clark Township 2.269 1.899+0.055
6 Kenilworth Borough 6.625 2.002+0.242
7 Linden City 7.345 2.037+0.313
8 New Providence Borough 5.242 2.049+0.080
9 Garwood Borough 2.858 2.059+0.071
10 Cranford Township 7.248 2.106+0.469
11 Elizabeth City 2.017 2.113+0.093
12 Scotch Plains Township 12.350 2.137+0.582
13 Springfield Township 2.411 2.188+0.036
14 Fanwood Borough 3.120 2.249+0.183
15 Union Township 23.323 2.270+0.972
16 Hillside Township 8.899 2.279+0.646
17 Plainfield City 8.926 2.460+0.194
18 Roselle Park Borough 4.506 2.521+0.085
19 Rahway City 7.584 2.542+0.179
20 Roselle Borough 9.147 2.819+0.452
21 Winfield Township 23.411 23.405+0.883

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 Union County

In 2025, the general tax rate in Union County ranges from 2.017 in Elizabeth City to 23.411 in Winfield Township, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $6,051 to $70,233 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.