State Releases Average Tax Bills For Morris County Towns

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ – The Murphy administration released the calendar year 2019 property tax data for New Jersey's municipalities on Wednesday. The new release shows the average tax bill for every Morris County town.

Patch ranked the average tax bill for all Morris County towns, from highest to lowest (see below). Mountain Lakes had the highest average tax bill: $20,980. The lowest goes to Victory Gardens: $4,643.

The majority of municipalities in the state had average residential property tax decreases or increases under two percent, according to state officials.

"We're delivering on our promise to provide property tax stability while restoring New Jersey's fiscal standing and growing our economy," said Gov. Phil Murphy. "Statewide property values have grown more in the first two years of my administration than at any point since the Great Recession. That's what we call progress."

The administration says it is allocating hundreds of millions of dollars of constitutionally-dedicated taxpayer funds for more school aid, lowering the cost of health care for public employees, supporting more shared services between local governments, and more fully securing the long-term stability of New Jersey's pension system.

Here is the Morris County list of towns and their average 2019 tax bill, ranked highest to lowest, as well as the percentage increase or decrease from 2018:

• Mountain Lakes Borough: $20,980 -2.49%
• Mendham Township: $19,536 -1.78%
• Chester Township: $15,732 -0.83%
• Mendham Borough: $15,729 -0.83%
• Chatham Township: $15,100 -2.44%
• Kinnelon Borough: $15,019 -1.74%
• Chatham Borough: $14,238 -3.49%
• Harding Township: $14,225 -2.00%
• Madison Borough: $13,506 -3.17%
• Chester Borough: $13,006 -0.22%
• Randolph Township: $12,666 -1.18%
• Montville Township: $12,626 -0.91%
• Boonton Township: $12,285 -2.85%
• Long Hill Township: $12,076 -1.46%
• Washington Township: $11,462 -2.25%
• Boonton Town: $10,915 -2.80%
• Morris Township: $10,301 -1.39%
• Morris Plains Borough: $10,278 -3.40%
• Mount Olive Township: $10,247 -1.38%
• Morristown Town: $10,211 -1.19%
• Florham Park Borough: $10,130 -1.85%
• Denville Township: $10,081 -1.26%
• Rockaway Township: $9,706 0.71%
• Rockaway Borough: $9,293 -1.06%
• Butler Borough: $9,274 -1.71%
• Parsippany-Troy Hills: $9,159 -2.43%
• Pequannock Township: $8,962 -4.26%
• Lincoln Park Borough: $8,867 -3.07%
• Roxbury Township: $8,858 1.40%
• East Hanover Township: $8,551 -3.30%
• Netcong Borough: $8,323 -5.79%
• Jefferson Township: $8,307 -2.22%
• Wharton Borough: $7,975 -5.30%
• Hanover Township: $7,710 -1.87%
• Mount Arlington: $7,662 -1.22%
• Mine Hill Township: $7,399 -1.40%
• Dover Town: $6,501 -6.04%
• Riverdale Borough: $6,063 -2.51%
• Victory Gardens: $4,643 -5.12%

Curious about some other counties? Here is the data we compiled for nearby Warren County and for Sussex County.

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