What a Bound Brook home costs each year
Property tax, water, trash and energy from public rates. Look up your address to make it yours, and see how to pay less.
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Starts at $483,432 of value before exemptions. Typical use.
- Property tax$10,500
2.172% of $483,432
- Electricity and gas$3,056
558 kWh a month $1,841 · 86.6667 therms $1,215
- Water and sewer$1,845
7,000 gallons a month on New Jersey American Water: water $101, sewer $53 a month
- Trash$344
Borough-issued container, $29 a month
- Home insurance$1,417
Typical premium $1,417
A typical Bound Brook house costs about $17,200 a year: $10,500 property tax and charges, $1,850 water and sewer, $340 trash, $3,060 electricity and gas, $1,420 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Rates checked Oct 29, 2026. Insurance: what you enter, or a typical premium until you do. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Ways to pay less
Nothing here applies to every house automatically. These are worth checking:
Eligible homeowners with income up to $250,000: ANCHOR property tax reliefUp to $1,500 a year
New Jersey pays eligible homeowners $1,500 if 2025 income was $150,000 or less, or $1,000 if it was $150,001 to $250,000.
How: The filing deadline is November 2, 2026: apply on the NJ Division of Taxation ANCHOR page by then.
Money dates
- Apr 1Last day for a property tax appeal petition to reach the County Board of Taxation or the State Tax Court; May 1 where a municipal revaluation or reassessment has been undertaken.
Who serves this house
- Water
- New Jersey American Water
- Bound Brook is listed in the tariff's Somerset County franchise customers.
- Property tax
- 2.17% of value
- 2026 tax year, Bound Brook (Somerset County)
- Electricity
- PSE&G
- PSE&G's electric tariff lists the Borough of Bound Brook in the territory it serves.
- Gas
- PSE&G
- PSE&G's gas tariff lists the Borough of Bound Brook in the territory it serves.
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax: the 2026 Bound Brook rates in the Somerset County Board of Taxation's Abstract of Ratables, per $100 of assessed value (school 1.106, county 0.276, library 0.036, open space 0.030, municipal 0.724; total 2.172), applied to the state's 2026 average residential assessment of $483,432 (no median published).
- Water: New Jersey American Water Rate Schedule A-1 (Service Area 2): $10.3166 per 1,000 gallons plus the separate PWAC ($0.5330), LSLRC ($0.5561) and SPC ($0.0636) per-1,000-gallon charges (the DSIC and RESIC are rolled into the base rates in the September 2026 order, so they are not added), and a $24.00 monthly 5/8-inch meter charge.
- Sewer: New Jersey American Water bought Bound Brook's sewer system; its Rate Schedule 19-A, as stipulated in the Board's September 2026 order, is a $5.46 monthly fixed charge plus $6.9935 per 1,000 gallons of water used, for customers also billed for water by NJAW.
- Trash: the Chapter 29 annual charge of $344 per dwelling unit, divided by 12 (about $28.67 a month); how the borough bills it was not found.
- Electricity and gas: PSE&G residential rates as on the Plainfield page. Insurance: New Jersey's 2022 average homeowners premium from NAIC data, the most recent year on the Insurance Information Institute page.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
How Bound Brook compares
A typical Bound Brook house against the 41 New Jersey cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | Bound Brook | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 2.17% | 2.66% | lower than 25 of the other 38 New Jersey cities we cover |
| Water | $1,215 | $771 | higher than 34 of the other 40 New Jersey cities we cover |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $630 | $600 | higher than 13 of the other 22 New Jersey cities we cover |
| Trash | $344 | $0 | higher than 27 of the other 29 New Jersey cities we cover |
| Electricity and gas | $3,056 | $3,056 | higher than 20 of the other 40 New Jersey cities we cover |
| Home insurance | $1,417 | $1,417 | in the middle of 40 other New Jersey cities we cover |
| Total | $17,162 | $16,741 | higher than 22 of the other 40 New Jersey cities we cover |
Cities bill differently (some put trash on the tax bill, some cover more services), so a higher number isn't necessarily worse. The property tax rate is compared instead of dollars because house values differ.
Questions to ask your candidates
Each one starts from a number above. Any candidate can answer them.
1. Water
The fact: Water here costs about $1,215 a year at typical use, higher than 34 of the other 40 New Jersey cities we cover.
Ask: "Water here costs about $1,215 a year at typical use, higher than 34 of the other 40 New Jersey cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
2. Trash
The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $344 a year for the standard cart, higher than 27 of the other 29 New Jersey cities we cover. Where trash is billed through the tax bill or a separate hauler, it is not counted here.
Ask: "Trash pickup here costs about $344 a year for the standard cart, higher than 27 of the other 29 New Jersey cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"
Common questions about Bound Brook house costs
What is the property tax rate in Bound Brook?
About 2.17% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year, Bound Brook (Somerset County)), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Bound Brook?
About $10,860 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in Bound Brook?
About $154 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on New Jersey American Water.
How much does trash pickup cost in Bound Brook?
$29 a month for a house.
How much does a house in Bound Brook cost to run each year?
A typical Bound Brook house costs about $17,200 a year: $10,500 property tax and charges, $1,850 water and sewer, $340 trash, $3,060 electricity and gas, $1,420 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.