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Oakland property tax: where it goes

A typical Oakland house pays about $14,810 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Oakland house pays 2.185% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $677,653 of value before exemptions, that's about $14,807 a year.

Tax is levied on The 2025 general tax rate for Oakland Boro is 2.185..

The state has not published a 2026 general tax rate for Oakland; 2025 is the latest.

Pay or manage it

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $677,653
Oakland total general tax rate (school, county, library, municipal)2.185%$14,807
Total2.185%$14,807

2025 tax year, Oakland Boro (Bergen County).

How Oakland compares with nearby cities

Property tax rate

  1. Ramsey · 5 mi2.06%
  2. Lincoln Park · 8 mi2.17%
  3. Oakland2.19%
  4. Elmwood Park · 11 mi3.20%
  5. Hillsdale · 10 mi3.62%
  6. Wanaque · 3 mi4.54%

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

Ways to pay less

  • 100% disabled veterans: property tax exemption. Honorably discharged veterans who were 100% permanently and totally disabled during active duty service may qualify for an annual property tax exemption on their main home. How: File D.V.S.S.E. with your local assessor.
  • Seniors 65+ or disabled: property tax deduction. New Jersey's senior citizen deduction is claimed on Form PTD. How: File Form PTD with your local assessor or tax collector.

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. 2025taxrates.pdf
  2. Tax-Collector

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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