Fairness Index
558 NJ tax districts with current uniformity dataWhich NJ towns assess property tax the most evenly?
Built from the Coefficient of Deviation the Division of Taxation publishes for every town, cross-checked against the state's own verified arm's-length sales.
How the score is built
Seventy percent of each town's score is its Coefficient of Deviation, the Division of Taxation's own measure of how consistently similar properties are assessed relative to each other - the lower the coefficient, the more evenly the tax burden is spread within that town. Thirty percent is an assessment-currency component built from the drift between the town's officially published assessment ratio and the ratio implied by its own recent state-verified sales. The smaller that gap, the more current the town's assessments actually are.
A high score means a town assesses its own properties evenly and its numbers are current, not that its tax rate or total tax bill is low. It is not a ranking of towns to move to or avoid; a low score is a reason to check your own assessment against your neighbors', not a verdict on the town.
Sources: NJ Division of Taxation Table of Equalized Valuations and Abstract of Ratables (Coefficient of Deviation), and the state's SR1A file of verified arm's-length sales, 2024–2026. Both are republished annually by the state.