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The state released data showing each town's average property tax bill in 2015. Patch ranked them from to largest to the smallest.
How much do you pay in property taxes?
In New Jersey, the state with the highest property taxes in the nation, you likely pay a lot.
The N.J. Department of Community Affairs released data recently showing the average tax bills and property tax hikes for every municipality in the state. The data also shows how the rates have changed over the years.
In this installment, Patch will look at all N.J. communities and their average property tax bills between 2014 and 2015, when the average bill jumped 2.4 percent, and rank them from top to bottom.
Read more: N.J. Towns With The Highest - And Lowest - Tax Hikes Last Year
Indeed, 503 of the state’s 565 municipalities had a property tax hikes last year. But who paid the most?
Here are every town’s average property bills in 2015:
- Tavistock $30,723
- Millburn $22,735
- Loch Arbour $21,663
- Alpine $20,888
- Mountain Lakes $19,727
- Tenafly $19,254
- Rumson $18,960
- Essex Fells $18,719
- Glen Ridge $18,569
- Mendham Township $18,434
- Demarest $17,937
- Montclair $17,779
- Princeton $17,699
- South Orange $17,155
- Summit $17,114
- Upper Saddle River $17,112
- Haworth $16,940
- Ridgewood $16,798
- Saddle River $16,670
- Franklin Lakes $16,635
- Westfield $15,913
- Mantoloking $15,788
- Old Tappan $15,765
- Deal $15,511
- Cresskill $15,272
- Rockleigh $15,245
- Chester Township $15,239
- Woodcliff Lake $15,193
- Glen Rock $15,157
- North Caldwell $15,077
- Ho-Ho-Kus $15,045
- Far Hills $14,918
- Livingston $14,879
- Bernardsville $14,810
- Closter $14,715
- Mendham Borough $14,577
- Allendale $14,551
- Colts Neck $14,519
- Montgomery Township 14276
- Harrington Park $14,263
- Maplewood $14,251
- Warren Township 14135
- Fair Haven $14,012
- Watchung $13,979
- River Vale $13,894
- Haddonfield $13,830
- Oradell Borough $13,796
- Kinnelon $13,706
- Peapack-Gladstone $13,551
- Chatham Township $13,547
- Harding Township $13,485
- West Windsor Township 13466
- New Providence $13,364
- Wyckoff $13,280
- Tewksbury Township $13,251
- Holmdel $13,093
- West Orange $12,895
- Pennington $12,892
- Allenhurst $12,825
- Little Silver $12,756
- Bay Head $12,749
- Chatham Borough $12,663
- Scotch Plains $12,562
- Chester Borough $12,537
- Norwood $12,524
- Hopewell Township 12439
- Sea Girt $12,437
- Madison $12,338
- River Edge $12,335
- Hillsdale $12,321
- Berkeley Heights $12,195
- Weehawken $12,164
- Randolph $12,155
- Bernards Township 12110
- Leonia $12,055
- Wayne $12,043
- Spring Lake $11,881
- Ramsey $11,829
- Englewood Cliffs $11,802
- Mountainside $11,787
- Park Ridge $11,760
- Montville $11,715
- Englewood $11,667
- Green Brook $11,524
- Boonton $11,523
- Teaneck $11,513
- Cranbury $11,446
- Sparta $11,411
- Montvale $11,319
- Fanwood $11,218
- Long Hill $11,198
- Emerson $11,118
- Millstone $11,094
- Midland Park $11,020
- Moorestown $11,008
- Oakland $10,952
- Rutherford $10,951
- Upper Freehold Township $10,928
- Hopewell Borough 10917
- Caldwell $10,881
- Shrewsbury $10,803
- Verona $10,791
- Brielle $10,744
- Springfield Township $10,700
- Highland Park $10,666
- Waldwick $10,666
- Ringwood $10,607
- Harrison $10,552
- Robbinsville Township 10550
- Delaware Township $10,526
- Cranford $10,523
- Washington Township $10,517
- Marlboro Township $10,506
- Hasbrouck Heights $10,506
- North Haledon Borough $10,498
- New Milford $10,493
- Nutley Township $10,464
- Washington Township $10,426
- Green Township $10,415
- Bloomfield $10,356
- Bloomingdale Borough $10,356
- Wenonah $10,348
- Dumont $10,327
- Roseland $10,315
- Fort Lee $10,300
- Franklin Township $10,289
- Northvale $10,247
- Hawthorne $10,215
- Bethlehem Township $10,215
- Woodland Park $10,164
- Lodi Borough $10,163
- Woolwich Township $10,160
- West Caldwell $10,145
- Clinton $10,098
- Cedar Grove Township $10,089
- Chesterfield Township $10,084
- Fair Lawn $10,012
- Linwood $10,009
- Medford Township $9,986
- Prospect Park $9,984
- Bergenfield $9,981
- Morris Township $9,967
- Harvey Cedars $9,953
- Haledon $9,952
- Readington Township $9,943
- Longport $9,940
- Metuchen $9,935
- Califon Borough $9,903
- Westwood Borough $9,852
- Kearny Town $9,822
- Pompton Lakes $9,815
- Alexandria Township $9,771
- Bogota $9,735
- Clark $9,728
- Boonton $9,727
- Mount Olive Township $9,692
- Passaic $9,667
- Clinton $9,643
- Avon-by-the-Sea $9,634
- Bayonne $9,605
- Denville Township $9,583
- Plainsboro Township $9,577
- North Arlington $9,555
- Rockaway Township $9,540
- Roselle Borough $9,531
- East Brunswick $9,525
- Ridgefield Park $9,516
- Roselle Park $9,514
- Garwood Borough $9,494
- Fredon Township $9,444
- Morris Plains $9,407
- West Amwell Township $9,326
- Raritan Township $9,318
- Little Falls Township $9,309
- Clifton City $9,210
- Morristown $9,202
- Elmwood Park $9,177
- Long Beach Township $9,110
- Oceanport $9,106
- Voorhees Township $9,099
- Hillside $9,096
- Florham Park $9,081
- Elizabeth $9,073
- Totowa $9,063
- Guttenberg Town $9,058
- Franklin Township $9,042
- Somerville $9,028
- Branchburg Township 9015
- West Long Branch $9,010
- Fairfield Township $8,991
- West Milford Township $8,982
- Maywood $8,959
- Rocky Hill Borough $8,958
- Paramus $8,950
- Ocean Township $8,935
- South Harrison Township $8,925
- Wanaque $8,918
- Little Ferry $8,910
- South Brunswick $8,895
- Harrison Township $8,894
- Pine Valley $8,888
- South Hackensack $8,853
- Palisades Park $8,848
- Wood-Ridge $8,825
- Belleville $8,818
- Andover Township $8,723
- Wall Township $8,711
- Fairview $8,699
- East Amwell Township $8,669
- Hillsborough $8,655
- Interlaken Borough $8,654
- Bridgewater $8,644
- Hightstown $8,633
- Edison $8,622
- Atlantic Highlands $8,608
- Haddon Heights $8,591
- Medford Lakes $8,570
- Roxbury Township $8,527
- Middletown $8,526
- Byram Township $8,514
- Washington Township $8,512
- Milltown $8,493
- Butler $8,490
- High Bridge $8,487
- Beach Haven $8,479
- Wallington $8,475
- Freehold Township $8,470
- Greenwich Township $8,448
- East Orange $8,442
- Lyndhurst $8,428
- Lafayette Township $8,419
- Rockaway Borough $8,416
- Linden City $8,407
- Ridgefield $8,406
- Union Township $8,402
- Frenchtown $8,390
- Millstone 8390
- Hackensack $8,373
- Kenilworth $8,339
- Parsippany-Troy Hills $8,333
- Plainfield $8,317
- Rahway $8,313
- Manasquan $8,273
- North Brunswick $8,268
- East Greenwich Township $8,253
- Shamong $8,234
- Matawan $8,189
- Allentown $8,170
- Lincoln Park $8,166
- Mahwah $8,154
- North Plainfield 8126
- Long Branch $8,121
- Orange $8,120
- Union Township $8,090
- Manalapan $8,086
- Point Pleasant Beach $8,085
- Lebanon Township $8,069
- Riverton Borough $8,062
- East Windsor $8,032
- Saddle Brook $8,024
- Cliffside Park $8,020
- Cherry Hill $8,016
- Laurel Springs Borough $7,992
- Frelinghuysen Township $7,968
- Pequannock Township $7,949
- Barrington Borough $7,923
- Paterson $7,912
- Moonachie $7,907
- Kingwood Township $7,866
- Edgewater Borough $7,859
- Springfield Township $7,841
- Rochelle Park $7,832
- Dunellen Borough $7,814
- Monmouth Beach $7,805
- South Bound Brook 7795
- Hackettstown Town $7,780
- Hardwick Township $7,774
- East Hanover Township $7,755
- Hoboken $7,751
- Ventnor $7,744
- Bound Brook $7,730
- Margate $7,675
- Flemington $7,669
- Newton $7,640
- Gibbsboro $7,639
- Haddon Township $7,618
- Middlesex $7,617
- Stockton $7,611
- Jefferson Township $7,596
- Lawrence Township 7576
- Union City $7,561
- Roosevelt $7,561
- Hope Township $7,548
- Milford $7,540
- Ogdensburg Borough $7,532
- Spotswood Borough $7,532
- Hampton Borough $7,514
- Stone Harbor $7,504
- Seaside Park $7,474
- Collingswood $7,449
- Garfield $7,424
- Woodbridge $7,423
- Hazlet $7,422
- Mansfield Township $7,421
- Holland Township $7,406
- Red Bank $7,404
- Stanhope $7,381
- Howell $7,325
- Pilesgrove Township $7,309
- Mount Arlington $7,309
- Mansfield Township $7,285
- Eatontown $7,278
- Tabernacle Township $7,278
- Point Pleasant Boro $7,269
- Jamesburg $7,257
- Bordentown $7,255
- Wharton $7,247
- Cinnaminson $7,246
- Delran $7,238
- South Amboy $7,221
- Independence Township $7,207
- Woodbury Heights $7,197
- Bradley Beach Borough $7,195
- North Bergen Township $7,189
- West New York $7,189
- Netcong $7,176
- Raritan 7164
- Avalon $7,126
- Merchantville $7,124
- Northfield City $7,113
- Irvington $7,113
- Piscataway $7,102
- Washington Township $7,045
- Evesham Township $7,036
- Franklin Township $7,030
- Berlin Borough $7,023
- Jackson Township $7,005
- Monroe Township $7,003
- Old Bridge Township $6,984
- Perth Amboy $6,969
- Mine Hill $6,952
- East Newark $6,950
- Hopatcong $6,950
- South Plainfield $6,944
- Manville $6,942
- Knowlton Township $6,935
- Hanover Township $6,932
- Oaklyn $6,914
- Island Heights $6,892
- Aberdeen $6,879
- Lambertville $6,876
- Sayreville $6,876
- Sea Bright $6,867
- Blairstown $6,847
- Carlstadt $6,844
- Lumberton Township $6,821
- Monroe Township $6,810
- Frankford Township $6,785
- Jersey City $6,772
- Wantage $6,756
- Pitman $6,747
- Bordentown $6,728
- New Brunswick $6,710
- Liberty $6,647
- Washington $6,646
- Audubon $6,645
- Andover $6,643
- Swedesboro Borough $6,630
- Elk Township $6,617
- Belvidere $6,616
- Surf City $6,616
- Lake Como $6,610
- Eastampton Township $6,608
- Allamuchy Township $6,598
- Belmar $6,592
- Woodstown Borough $6,577
- Hi-nella $6,563
- Waterford Township $6,548
- Burlington Township $6,545
- Oxford Township $6,518
- North Hanover Township $6,511
- Barnegat Light $6,511
- Ewing Township 6500
- Mantua Township $6,475
- Tinton Falls $6,462
- Carteret $6,446
- Lopatcong Township $6,445
- Pohatcong Township $6,407
- Brigantine $6,406
- Englishtown $6,398
- Gloucester Township $6,367
- Glassboro $6,361
- Highlands $6,359
- Lavallette $6,352
- Freehold Borough $6,346
- Stratford $6,340
- Secaucus $6,320
- Plumsted Township $6,280
- Lakewood $6,266
- Keyport $6,249
- East Rutherford $6,235
- Hainesport $6,235
- Woodbury $6,232
- Spring Lake Heights $6,228
- Franklin $6,228
- Neptune City $6,178
- Mount Ephraim $6,166
- Egg Harbor Township $6,166
- Stillwater Township $6,137
- Mount Laurel Township $6,103
- Brick $6,079
- Berlin Township $6,074
- Hardyston Township $6,069
- Barnegat $6,042
- Bellmawr $6,028
- Greenwich Township $6,017
- Pine Hill Borough $5,991
- Atlantic City $5,988
- Bloomsbury $5,988
- Egg Harbor City $5,981
- Hampton Township $5,977
- South River $5,973
- Somers Point $5,970
- Neptune Township $5,967
- Bedminster 5960
- West Deptford $5,939
- Dover $5,866
- Lebanon $5,862
- Hamilton Township 5829
- Port Republic $5,814
- Eagleswood Township $5,798
- Ship Bottom $5,770
- Newark $5,764
- Pine Beach $5,744
- Vernon Township $5,734
- Newfield $5,733
- Willingboro $5,731
- Union Beach $5,721
- Franklin Township $5,705
- Magnolia $5,704
- Farmingdale $5,684
- Stafford Township $5,681
- Winslow Township $5,674
- Pittsgrove Township $5,662
- Helmetta $5,646
- Hamburg $5,627
- Toms River $5,620
- Runnemede Borough $5,593
- Clayton Borough $5,554
- Upper Pittsgrove Township $5,533
- Delanco Township $5,528
- Somerdale Borough $5,527
- Alpha Borough $5,527
- National Park Borough $5,515
- Cape May $5,510
- White Township $5,471
- Pennsville Township $5,464
- Beverly City $5,428
- Glen Gardner Borough $5,425
- Absecon $5,407
- Sussex Borough $5,398
- Palmyra Borough $5,393
- Riverdale Borough $5,365
- Westampton Township $5,336
- Sandyston Township $5,333
- Lacey Township $5,332
- Lawnside Borough $5,324
- Hammonton Township $5,319
- Alloway Township $5,293
- Ocean City City $5,253
- Woodland Township $5,233
- Chesilhurst Borough $5,216
- Westville Borough $5,177
- Maple Shade Township $5,134
- Harmony Township $5,126
- Southampton Township $5,118
- Galloway Township $5,092
- Riverside $5,060
- Deptford $5,052
- Edgewater Park $5,050
- Florence Township $5,038
- West Cape May $5,036
- Asbury Park $5,022
- Upper Deerfield Township $5,022
- Stow Creek Township $5,021
- Buena Vista Township $5,010
- Fieldsboro Borough $4,997
- Mannington Township $4,953
- Branchville Borough $4,933
- Clementon Borough $4,922
- Ocean Township $4,920
- Pennsauken Township $4,884
- Bass River Township $4,882
- Buena Borough $4,879
- Mullica Township $4,873
- Seaside Heights $4,867
- Tuckerton $4,862
- Woodlynne Borough $4,844
- Lakehurst $4,811
- Greenwich Township $4,802
- Keansburg $4,787
- Ocean Gate $4,773
- Shrewsbury Township $4,727
- Burlington City $4,720
- Elmer Borough $4,694
- Beachwood $4,676
- Wildwood $4,672
- Hopewell Township $4,667
- Hamilton Township $4,628
- Carneys Point Township $4,607
- Oldmans Township $4,604
- Mount Holly $4,603
- Elsinboro Township $4,591
- Upper Township $4,581
- Little Egg Harbor Township $4,541
- Wildwood Crest $4,504
- South Toms River $4,491
- Deerfield Township $4,431
- Maurice River Township $4,366
- Weymouth Township $4,356
- Lindenwold Borough $4,342
- New Hanover Township $4,341
- Quinton Township $4,301
- Phillipsburg $4,272
- Estell Manor City $4,249
- Shiloh Borough $4,229
- Sea Isle City $4,196
- Brooklawn Borough $4,191
- Pleasantville City $4,165
- Victory Gardens Borough $4,133
- Logan Township $4,097
- Penns Grove Borough $4,079
- Millville City $4,049
- Lawrence Township $4,030
- Middle Township $4,011
- Berkeley Township $3,991
- West Wildwood Borough $3,979
- Gloucester City $3,955
- Vineland $3,945
- Montague Township $3,910
- Manchester Township $3,908
- Cape May Point $3,908
- Washington Township $3,882
- Wrightstown $3,855
- Paulsboro Borough $3,783
- Salem $3,725
- Fairfield Township $3,705
- Lower Township $3,699
- Folsom Borough $3,663
- Trenton City 3610
- Pemberton Township $3,596
- North Wildwood City $3,584
- Corbin City $3,468
- Winfield Township $3,427
- Pemberton Borough $3,316
- Downe Township $3,069
- Bridgeton $2,994
- Dennis Township $2,792
- Commercial Township $2,443
- Audubon Park Borough $2,192
- Teterboro Borough $1,960
- Lower Alloways Creek $1,863
- Walpack Township $1,822
- Woodbine $1,690
- Camden $1,533
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