Here’s The ‘Average’ Property Tax Bill In Livingston

LIVINGSTON, NJ — If you owned the “average” home in Livingston during 2020, you paid about $16,005 in property taxes, according to the latest round of state data.

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs released its latest property tax tables earlier this month, including rates for Livingston. Read More: Every NJ Town's Average Property Tax Bill In New 2021 List

Here’s how much Livingston homeowners paid in 2020 (see information for other Essex County municipalities below):

• Average Residential Property Value – $704,754
• Average Total Property Taxes - $16,005
• Percentage Decrease From 2019 –1.15%

A property owner’s taxes are composed of three parts: county, school and municipal. Here’s how it broke down in Livingston in 2020:

• Total Levy On Which Tax Rate Is Computed - $195,224,559
• Total County Levy – 21%
• Total School Levy - 60.2%
• Total Municipal Tax Levy - 18.7%

Statewide, New Jersey property taxes rose an average of 1 percent between 2019 and 2020, going from $8,953 to $9,112. The tax data tables also show that tax ratables rose 2 percent statewide since 2019, an increase above the five- and 10-year historical averages, with total ratables now at $1.118 trillion.

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This article contains reporting from Tom Davis, Patch staff

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