Here’s The ‘Average’ Property Tax Bill In Belleville, Nutley

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — If you owned the “average” home in Belleville during 2020, you paid about $10,347 in property taxes, according to the latest round of state data.

Live in Nutley? The average homeowner paid about $11,791.

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs released its latest property tax tables earlier this month, including rates for Belleville and Nutley. Read More: Every NJ Town's Average Property Tax Bill In New 2021 List

BELLEVILLE

Here’s how much Belleville homeowners paid in 2020 (see information for other Essex County municipalities below):

• Average Residential Property Value – $276,474
• Average Total Property Taxes - $10,347
• Percentage Increase From 2019 – 5.81%

A property owner’s taxes are composed of three parts: county, school and municipal. Here’s how it broke down in Belleville in 2020:

• Total Levy On Which Tax Rate Is Computed - $116,212,275
• Total County Levy – 13.2%
• Total School Levy - 38.1%
• Total Municipal Tax Levy - 48.7%

NUTLEY

Here’s how much Nutley homeowners paid in 2020 (see information for other Essex County municipalities below):

• Average Residential Property Value – $320,248
• Average Total Property Taxes - $11,791
• Percentage Increase From 2019 –2.36%

Here’s how county, school and municipal taxes broke down in Nutley in 2020:

• Total Levy On Which Tax Rate Is Computed - $119,353,829
• Total County Levy – 15.9%
• Total School Levy -49.1%
• Total Municipal Tax Levy - 35.1%

Statewide, New Jersey property taxes rose an average of 1 percent between 2019 and 2020, going from $8,953 to $9,112. The tax data tables also show that tax ratables rose 2 percent statewide since 2019, an increase above the five- and 10-year historical averages, with total ratables now at $1.118 trillion.

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This article contains reporting from Tom Davis, Patch staff

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