1. Millburn – a suburban township in Essex County, came in first in the highest average property tax bill of $24,485 in 2021.
2. Demarest – had the highest average property tax bill in Bergen County, paying $21,983 on average.
3. Tenafly – another Bergen County borough, saw homeowners pay $21,966 on average in 2021.
4. Mountain Lakes – in Morris County, averaged a property tax tab of $21,868 in 2020.
5. Glen Ridge – saw its average property bill increase to $21,647.
6. Rumson – made the list for highest property tax bills, averaging $21,591 in 2021.
7. Alpine – located in Bergen County, paid $21,438 in 2021 on average in property taxes. Alpine is a borough where the average residential property value is $2.8 million in 2021.
8. Princeton – is the only Mercer County municipality to have made the list, where the average paid in property taxes was $20,510 in 2021.
9. Essex Fells – described by a NY Times article as being ‘Very Norman Rockwell,’ was one of four municipalities in the top 30 to see a drop in the average 2021 property tax bill. Homeowners paid $20,374 on average here, a decrease of $39.
10. Montclair – The average homeowner in Montclair Township, Essex County, paid $20,320 in 2021.