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Westwood property tax: where it goes

A typical Westwood house pays about $13,120 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Westwood house pays 2.088% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $628,327 of value before exemptions, that's about $13,119 a year.

Tax is levied on The 2026 Tax Rate is $2.088 per $100 assessed valuation..

Pay or manage it

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $628,327
Westwood total general tax rate (school, county, municipal)2.088%$13,119
Total2.088%$13,119

2026 tax year, Westwood Boro (Bergen County).

How Westwood compares with nearby cities

Property tax rate

  1. Ramsey · 8 mi2.06%
  2. Westwood2.09%
  3. New Milford · 4 mi2.18%
  4. Hasbrouck Heights · 9 mi2.66%
  5. Elmwood Park · 7 mi3.20%
  6. Hillsdale · 1 mi3.62%

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.
  • One PAS-1 form covers Senior Freeze, ANCHOR and Stay NJ. Westwood's tax collector says one PAS-1 application covers the state's three property tax relief programs: Property Tax Reimbursement (Senior Freeze), ANCHOR, and Stay New Jersey. How: File by November 2, 2026; applications are at NJ.gov or in the Tax Collector's office.

Dates

WhenWhat
Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1, Nov 1Property tax installments are due on these dates, with a 10-day grace period; interest is charged the day after the grace period ends.
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. Westwood 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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