Jersey City, NJ
In Jersey City, Hudson County: the 2025 average residential tax bill is $11,252 a year and median rent is $2,007 a month.
Property taxes
- Jersey City average bill
- NJ average
- Site estimate; not an official NJ figure
Up about 66% since 2015. The NJ average is up about 28%.
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2024 to 2025: +$628 (+5.9%), computed from the two published bills. The vertical axis starts at $5,000, not $0.
2015 to 2025: +$4,479 (+66.1%), computed from the first and last published bills.
Site estimate; not an official NJ figure 2026 projection: $12,343. 2026 projection = 2025 average residential bill x (1 + average annual % change 2020-2025).
How the projection is calculated
2026 projection = 2025 average residential bill x (1 + average annual % change 2020-2025). Average annual % change = arithmetic mean of the five year-over-year changes (2021/2020, 2022/2021, 2023/2022, 2024/2023, 2025/2024). Inputs (NJ Division of Taxation average residential tax bills): 2020 $7,279, 2021 $7,409, 2022 $9,857, 2023 $10,560, 2024 $10,624, 2025 $11,252. Year-over-year changes: 2021 +1.7860%, 2022 +33.0409%, 2023 +7.1320%, 2024 +0.6061%, 2025 +5.9111%. Average = 9.6952%. Projection = $11,252 x (1 + 0.096952) = $12,342.90, rounded to $12,343. Not a certified or published 2026 bill; NJ has not set a 2026 rate.
2026 average assessment: $487,501. This is an assessment, not a bill.
2025 Above NJ average: $11,252 vs. NJ average $10,340.
2024 Above NJ average: $10,624 vs. NJ average $9,898.
NJ average 2018: Published as printed. The 2018 statewide figure ($8,117) is lower than both 2017 ($8,413) and 2019 ($8,736); kept as published, not adjusted.
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| Year | Average bill | NJ average | Status | Source and date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $6,773 | $8,106 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2016 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2016 |
| 2016 | $6,959 | $8,288 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2017 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2017 |
| 2017 | $7,096 | $8,413 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2018 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2018 |
| 2018 | $6,448 | $8,117 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated February 2021 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated February 2021 |
| 2019 | $6,773 | $8,736 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2021 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated June 2021 |
| 2020 | $7,279 | $8,915 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated May 2022 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated May 2022 |
| 2021 | $7,409 | $9,076 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated December 2023 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated December 2023 |
| 2022 | $9,857 | $9,274 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated September 2025 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated September 2025 |
| 2023 | $10,560 | $9,569 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated December 2025 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated December 2025 |
| 2024 | $10,624 | $9,898 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated September 2025 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated September 2025 |
| 2025 | $11,252 | $10,340 | Published | NJ Division of Taxation · Updated February 2026 NJ average: NJ Division of Taxation · Updated February 2026 |
| 2026 Estimate | $12,343 | – | Estimate (Site estimate; not an official NJ figure) | Site estimate; not an official NJ figure · Updated October 2026 |
Rates and bills
Where the tax rate goes
- County
- School
- Municipal
2025 share of the rate: county 18.4%, school 44.7%, municipal 36.9%.
2024 share of the rate: county 18.4%, school 43.5%, municipal 38.1%.
What changed from 2024 to 2025
Change per $100 assessed, 2024 to 2025. Computed from the two published rate splits; orange is an increase, green a decrease.
Due dates
- InstallmentsFeb 1 · May 1 · Aug 1 · Nov 1
- Next dueFeb 1, 2027
- Last day without interestFeb 10, 2027
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Grace period: 10 days.
Last day without interest: 2027-02-10 (Feb 10, 2027 is a Wednesday).
After the grace period, interest is retroactive to the original due date (statutory cap 8% on first $1,500 of delinquency, 18% above).
Appeal your assessment
Deadline. Appeals to the county board of taxation must be received on or before April 1, or 45 days after the bulk mailing of the assessment notices is completed in the town, whichever is later. In a town that implemented a municipal-wide revaluation or reassessment, the deadline is May 1. A deadline on a weekend or legal holiday moves to the next business day.
Next regular deadline: Apr 1, 2027. Properties assessed over $1,000,000 may file directly with the NJ Tax Court by the same deadline.
File with the Hudson County Board of Taxation. Website · Hudson County Plaza, 257 Cornelison Ave., 3rd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302 · 201-395-6260
Fax: 201-395-6263 · Phone note: Number from the county's own Board of Taxation page; the NJ Division of Taxation county-board list shows 201.395.6269 (a different last digit), so confirm before calling.
The county board has not yet confirmed the 2027 deadline.
Online: through NJ Appeal Online (state unified portal): https://secure.njappealonline.com/prodappeals/login.aspx; 2027 window 02/05/2027 to 04/01/2027 (start date subject to change, per the state filing schedule updated Oct 22, 2026); added/omitted assessments 10/21/2026 to 12/1/2026; revaluation towns: May 1, 2027 per the schedule.
Paper: Payment: Check payable to County Tax Administrator (A-1 instructions in the county packet). Form: Petition of Appeal Form A-1 (Hudson County filing packet). Filer must serve copies on the town assessor and clerk (A-1 instructions).
Filing fee by assessed value: under $150,000: $5; $150,000 to under $500,000: $25; $500,000 to under $1,000,000: $100; $1,000,000 or more: $150; classification appeal: $25. Payable to the County Tax Administrator; not refundable. Fee schedule printed in the instruction sheet of the Hudson County filing packet (same as statewide Form A-1).
Taxes and municipal charges must be paid through Q1 of the current year or the appeal can be dismissed (N.J.S.A. 54:3-27).
Schools
Jersey City Public Schools · district vs. New Jersey
Better than NJ average Worse Neutral (student:teacher) NJ average
Below the NJ average on all 3 results.
Full details & sources
Jersey City Public Schools · district results vs. state
“Above” and “Below NJ average” compare the district with the state average. Higher is not always better (for example, chronic absenteeism). State average:
Commute
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Effective May 3, 2026. $0.25 more on the first Sunday of January in 2027, 2028 and 2029 (so $3.50 from Jan 3, 2027).
Reduced fare: 50% of the single-ride fare (the dollar amount is not restated here)
PATH charges one single-ride fare, the same at every station including Jersey City's. The PATH fares page (panynj.gov/path/en/fares.html) is JavaScript-rendered and could not be read, so the Port Authority's approved fare-change document is used.
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Route: Paulus Hook (Jersey City) to Brookfield Place / Battery Park.
Other fares: Child (6 to 11) $4.60, Senior or disabled $7.25, Weekend adult $6.75, 10-trip $73, Monthly $267.50, 7-day (app only) $65.90, 30-day (app only) $275.50.
Fares shown exclude NY Waterway's 6.45% fuel surcharge effective May 11. NY Waterway has not published the fares with the surcharge included, so they are not recomputed here.
Fares shown are before the 6.45% fuel surcharge effective May 11 noted on the route page; no surcharge-inclusive fares are computed. Only the Paulus Hook route page was read.
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Scheduled PATH ride from Grove Street to 33rd Street: 18.5 min fastest, 18.5 min typical (median of 28 scheduled weekday trips arriving 7:00-9:00 AM). Based on PATH's published weekday schedule, which runs through Nov 13; PATH has not yet published its schedule for later dates, so this is PATH's published running time. Ride time only; no waiting or transfers. Grove Street is shown because it is the busiest PATH station in downtown Jersey City (2024 average weekday entries: Grove Street 15,933, Newport 12,057, Exchange Place 11,276; Journal Square, which is not downtown, has 21,532), and 33rd Street is the Midtown destination comparable to New York Penn Station. Other stations to 33rd Street: Newport 15 min, Journal Square 23 min (Exchange Place has no direct train). The bus to Port Authority (15.8 min fastest, 19.6 min typical) is in the detailed commute list.
Scheduled running time arriving 7:00 to 9:00 AM: Grove Street (PATH) to 33rd Street (Midtown Manhattan) by PATH, Journal Square - 33rd Street (yellow line), one seat, no transfer.
Note: PATH published running time; PATH has not posted a schedule past Nov 13, 2026, so this is not a computed Nov 18 itinerary.
Data as of: PATH weekday timetable 'Effective October 13, 2026' (panynj.gov, read 2026-11-01); PATH GTFS weekday service 2026-07-20 to 2026-11-13 (uploaded Aug 10, 2026; downloaded 2026-11-01). PATH has not published a schedule for dates after Nov 13, so Wed 2026-11-18 is not covered by any published PATH schedule.
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Scheduled PATH ride from Newport to 33rd Street: 15 min fastest, 15 min typical (median of 28 scheduled weekday trips arriving 7:00-9:00 AM). Based on PATH's published weekday schedule, which runs through Nov 13; PATH has not yet published its schedule for later dates, so this is PATH's published running time. Ride time only; no waiting or transfers. Jersey City has four PATH stations; the others (Grove Street, Journal Square, Exchange Place) and the World Trade Center trips are in the detailed commute list. Exchange Place has no direct train to 33rd Street.
PATH from Newport to 33rd Street (Midtown), the fastest Jersey City PATH station to 33rd Street. Scheduled running time arriving 7:00 to 9:00 AM: Newport (PATH) to 33rd Street (PATH) by PATH, Journal Square - 33rd Street (yellow line), one seat, no transfer.
Data as of: PATH weekday timetable 'Effective October 13, 2026' (panynj.gov, read 2026-11-01); PATH GTFS weekday service 2026-07-20 to 2026-11-13 (uploaded Aug 10, 2026; downloaded 2026-11-01). PATH has not published a schedule for dates after Nov 13, so Wed 2026-11-18 is not covered by any published PATH schedule.
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Scheduled NY Waterway crossing from Paulus Hook to Brookfield Place: 7 min fastest, 8 min typical (median of 17 weekday sailings arriving 7:00-9:00 AM), per NY Waterway's published weekday timetable. Crossing time only; no travel to the terminal or waiting. This is the same route as the ferry fare listed for Jersey City. NY Waterway runs no weekday-morning ferry from Paulus Hook to Midtown, so a Midtown time is missing. Port Imperial is in Weehawken, not Jersey City.
NY Waterway ferry from Paulus Hook to Brookfield Place (downtown Manhattan). Scheduled running time arriving 7:00 to 9:00 AM: Paulus Hook to Brookfield Place by NY Waterway ferry, one seat, no transfer.
Data as of: NY Waterway published timetable (Connexionz schedule pages) read 2026-11-01, Wednesday/weekday tables; cross-checked to the NY Waterway GTFS feed version 20261101, whose weekday service (2026-11-01 to 2027-12-31) covers Wed 2026-11-18
Commute times by station
| Boarding point | To | Fastest, arriving 7:00 to 9:00 AM | Typical (median), arriving 7:00 to 9:00 AM | Earliest train, arriving by 9:00 AM | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paterson Plank Rd At Congress St | Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) | 15.8 min | 19.6 min (28 trips) | 14.9 min | one seat, no transfer |
| 18Th St At Marin Blvd | Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) | 27.2 min | 27.2 min (9 trips) | 27.2 min | one seat, no transfer |
| Paterson Plank Rd At Congress St | Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) | 32.9 min | 32.9 min (24 trips) | 22.4 min | one seat, no transfer |
| Jfk Blvd At 5Th St | Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) | 33 min | 33 min (7 trips) | 33 min | one seat, no transfer |
| Newport (PATH) | 33rd Street (PATH) | 15 min | 15 min (28 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Grove Street (PATH) | 33rd Street (PATH) | 18.5 min | 18.5 min (28 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Journal Square (PATH) | 33rd Street (PATH) | 23 min | 23 min (28 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Exchange Place (PATH) | World Trade Center (PATH) | 4 min | 4.5 min (41 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Newport (PATH) | World Trade Center (PATH) | 7 min | 7 min (17 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Grove Street (PATH) | World Trade Center (PATH) | 7.5 min | 7.5 min (24 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Journal Square (PATH) | World Trade Center (PATH) | 12 min | 12 min (24 trips) | one seat, no transfer | |
| Paulus Hook | Brookfield Place | 7 min | 8 min (17 trips) | one seat, no transfer |
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NJ Transit pass: Not on NJ Transit's rail-to-Penn fare chart; residents typically use PATH or the NY Waterway ferry (see fares)
No monthly cost estimate: it includes the NJ Transit pass, which does not apply here.
Rent and housing
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Principal & interest only; excludes taxes and insurance
Source: GSMLS, 2025 closed sales
Median rent ranks 23 of 33 towns, highest first.
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| Town | Median rent | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston | $2,949 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Hoboken | $2,938 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Chatham Twp | $2,769 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Bernards Twp (Basking Ridge) | $2,476 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Fanwood | $2,446 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Morris Twp | $2,437 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Summit | $2,430 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Montville | $2,372 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Westfield | $2,357 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| South Orange (Village) | $2,296 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Morristown | $2,274 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Maplewood | $2,269 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Millburn (Short Hills) | $2,262 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Madison | $2,253 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Chatham Boro | $2,250 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Berkeley Heights | $2,203 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Cranford | $2,199 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Bridgewater | $2,176 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Metuchen | $2,078 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Union Twp | $2,064 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Montclair | $2,063 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Scotch Plains | $2,060 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Jersey City | $2,007 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Edison | $1,974 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Woodbridge | $1,959 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| New Providence | $1,903 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Rahway | $1,845 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Bloomfield | $1,824 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Denville | $1,817 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Plainfield | $1,767 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Linden | $1,731 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Elizabeth | $1,523 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
| Newark | $1,392 | U.S. Census ACS · Updated January 2026 |
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