Bound Brook property tax: where it goes

A typical Bound Brook house pays about $10,500 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Bound Brook house pays 2.172% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $483,432 of value before exemptions, that's about $10,500 a year.

Tax is levied on Bound Brook's 2026 general tax rate of 2.172; the 2026 average residential assessment is $483,432.

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $483,432
Bound Brook school district (schools)1.106%$5,347
Somerset County0.276%$1,334
Somerset County library0.036%$174
Somerset County open space0.03%$145
Borough of Bound Brook (municipal purposes)0.724%$3,500
Total2.172%$10,500

2026 tax year, Bound Brook (Somerset County).

How Bound Brook compares with nearby cities

Property tax rate

  1. Manville · 3 mi2.07%
  2. Bound Brook2.17%
  3. Middlesex · 2 mi2.17%
  4. South River · 12 mi2.67%
  5. North Plainfield · 6 mi4.73%
  6. New Providence · 11 mi5.46%

The combined rate of every agency on the bill, before exemptions.

Ways to pay less

  • Eligible homeowners with income up to $250,000: ANCHOR property tax relief. 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.

Dates

WhenWhat
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.

Sources

  1. Somerset 2026 tax rates

Checked October 29, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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