Bridgeton City NJ property tax rate 2025: 5.790
Bridgeton City, Cumberland County. 6,552 parcels in the MOD-IV 2026 file. Rate shown is tax year 2025 (latest available — not yet matched to assessment year).
Assessments are tax year 2026; latest published general rate we have is 2025. Estimate uses that rate until the 2026 rate is loaded.
How to read a Bridgeton City bill
Bridgeton City’s general rate of 5.790 is tax year 2025 on the 2026 assessment file. It is not a 2026 bill. The prior general rate on file is 5.288 for 2024. School, county, and municipal shares of this rate are 12.9%, 24.8%, and 62.3%. The largest slice is municipal. In Cumberland County the middle school share for rate year 2025 is 48.7% in Fairfield Twp. Class 2 net assessments changed from $325,244,000 to $326,684,900, up 0.4%, on 4,509 parcels. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: median $150,000 (87 sales). The largest class share of net assessed value is Vacant land at 54.8%. State school aid is outside these bars.
Bridgeton City at a glance
6,552 parcels are on the 2026 file. The 2025 general rate is 5.790, and the prior rate on file is 5.288 for 2024. A typical class 2 assessment is $72,436. Usable sales with a 2025 deed: 87, median $150,000. The state construction file lists 4,211 permits here. The median class 2 house was built in 1930. The Census Bureau’s 2019–2023 American Community Survey counts 26,836 people and 7,681 housing units in Bridgeton city. A property page adds that parcel’s permits, flood zone, mapped flood elevation, and high and low ground. It also says what soil the state mapped, whether the 2012 map shows a wetland, and whether the address is in the Pinelands, the Highlands, or the coastal zone. It names a historic district only when the address is inside one. Owner names are not shown.
The shape of the ground in Bridgeton City
Bridgeton City sits on the state’s 10-foot ground scan, from LiDAR flown between 2014 and 2019. The Cumberland County page opens that scan as a hillshade you can pan and zoom. Darker cuts are lower. Lighter ground is higher. A property page in Bridgeton City opens the same scan on that address. The lowest and highest 10-foot cell stay as numbers. The picture does not mark those two cells. It is not a survey and not a slope in degrees.
Building permits in Bridgeton City
The New Jersey construction-permit file lists 4,211 permits in Bridgeton City. This file is a full record from 2021 on. Older permits are mostly missing. Work from before then can be missing here and still be at the Bridgeton City construction office.
2025 general tax rate in Bridgeton City: 5.790
This general rate is tax year 2025. The assessment file is 2026. It is not a 2026 bill.
In Cumberland County, the median municipality’s school share (rate year 2025) is 48.7%; this town is 12.9%. The largest slice here is municipal. State school aid is not in these bars — it reduces the school levy before the rate is struck. All Cumberland towns · How NJ taxes work.
The school percent is the local property-tax levy. The district for this municipality is Bridgeton City (K-12), FY2027 K–12 aid $138,349,732. Those aid figures are not slices of these bars. Cumberland district table.
Prior year (2024) general rate: 5.288.
Tax on a $200,000 or $500,000 sale in Bridgeton City
These figures use Bridgeton City’s own ratio and general rate. How the same sale price is calculated for every town. This is not an appraisal and not a collector bill.
2025
A $500,000 sale at the 2025 ratio of 63.77% would be assessed at about $318,850. At the general rate of 5.790, the estimated tax is $18,461. A $200,000 sale at that same ratio and rate would be assessed at about $127,540, with an estimated tax of $7,385.
In Cumberland County for 2025, the $500,000 bill runs from $10,879 in Commercial Twp to $18,461 in Bridgeton City. The middle bill is $12,541 in Hopewell Twp. All Cumberland towns.
See every New Jersey town on the same $200,000 and $500,000 sale for 2025.
Recent usable sales in Bridgeton City
These are the five newest usable deeds on the 2026 file for Bridgeton City. A $1 deed and a non-usable SR1A sale are left out. Each parcel stores one sale, so this is not every deed recorded in town.
| Address | Deed date | Sale price | Net assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 FAYETTE ST | 12/29/2025 | $165,000 | $69,000 |
| MORRIS AVE | 12/24/2025 | $6,500 | $5,500 |
| 41 SPRING STREET | 12/22/2025 | $100,000 | $76,600 |
| 509 N LAUREL ST | 12/22/2025 | $120,000 | $43,600 |
| S PINE ST | 12/8/2025 | $7,000 | $4,400 |
Owner names are not shown. The rate year and the assessment file year differ, so this table does not print an estimated tax. This is not a collector’s bill.
Highest estimated tax in Bridgeton City, 2025 rate: $16,907
Residential
The highest residential estimate in Bridgeton City is $16,907 at 23 FRANKLIN DRIVE, on a net assessment of $292,000 and a 2025 general rate of 5.790.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 FRANKLIN DRIVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $292,000 | 2025 | $16,907 |
| 10 LINDEN ST | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $286,800 | 2025 | $16,606 |
| 175 W COMMERCE STREET | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $282,800 | 2025 | $16,374 |
| 100 N BURLINGTON RD | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $263,000 | 2025 | $15,228 |
| 14 S WEST AVE | 2 — Residential (four families or less) | $261,800 | 2025 | $15,158 |
Business
The highest business estimate in Bridgeton City is $801,915 at 90 ROSENHAYN AVE, on a net assessment of $13,850,000 and a 2025 general rate of 5.790.
| Address | Class | Net assessment | Rate year | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 ROSENHAYN AVE | 4B — Industrial | $13,850,000 | 2025 | $801,915 |
| 80 EDWARD AVE | 4B — Industrial | $5,169,300 | 2025 | $299,302 |
| 443 S EAST AVENUE | 4B — Industrial | $5,064,800 | 2025 | $293,252 |
| 31 EAST BROAD ST | 4A — Commercial | $4,189,700 | 2025 | $242,584 |
| 99 MANHEIM AVE | 4A — Commercial | $4,175,000 | 2025 | $241,733 |
Owner names are not shown. Every parcel in this town uses the same rate, so the highest tax is the highest assessment. Commercial and industrial parcels (class 4A and 4B) are the business list. Apartment buildings are class 4C and are not in that list. This is not a collector’s bill.
Ratable base in Bridgeton City, typical class 2 assessment $72,436
Class 2 residential in the MOD-IV file: 4,510 parcels, average net assessment $72,436.
How assessments changed
Class 2 residential net assessments changed from $325,244,000 to $326,684,900, up 0.4%, on 4,509 parcels that have both a prior net and a 2026 net. This is the assessment roll, not an appraisal.
Among 87 usable recorded sales whose latest deed on this file is in 2025, the median price is $150,000. A $1 deed and a non-usable SR1A sale are left out. Each parcel stores one sale, so this is not every deed recorded that year.
Share of net assessed value by property class (MOD-IV). Not a school-quality rating.
| Class | Parcels | Net assessed | % of net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential 2 | 4,510 | $326,684,900 | 30.5% |
| Vacant land 1 | 1,539 | $587,546,400 | 54.8% |
| Commercial 4A | 393 | $90,463,800 | 8.4% |
| Industrial 4B | 32 | $47,321,800 | 4.4% |
| Apartment 4C | 32 | $20,358,500 | 1.9% |
| Farm (regular) 3A | 1 | $78,900 | 0.0% |
| Farm (qualified) 3B | 4 | $35,700 | 0.0% |
| Other / unclassified other | 41 | $0 | 0.0% |
Housing stock in Bridgeton City, median year built 1930
On the 2026 file, class 2 houses in Bridgeton City with a year built have a median year of 1930, about 96 years old. Of those 4,430 houses, the largest share was built Before 1940. This is the assessor’s year built. It is not a ranking of towns.
By parcel count, Residential 68.8%, Vacant land 23.5%, Commercial 6.0%, Other / unclassified 0.6%, Industrial 0.5%, Apartment 0.5%, Farm (qualified) <0.1%, Farm (regular) <0.1%. Those percentages are a count of parcels, not a share of tax dollars. The class table uses the tax-base share.
Year built
Assessor building line
Grouped from the assessor’s building abbreviation. One-family, two-family, and condo are the codes that read clearly. Other codes stay in their own group. This is not a bedroom count, and square feet are left off because most records do not include them.