Property Taxes

Garden State Property Tax Viewer – Rates, Levies, Bases – for 2020

How does my town's tax rate compare to the state average? Where does most of my property tax go - ...
Read More

May 4, 2021 / Property Taxes, Public budgets

CivicParent NJ Property Tax Viewer: 2020 Levies

The 2020 property tax tables for calendar year 2020 are now available. This data provides insight into the way municipal, ...
Read More

March 16, 2021 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools

Property Tax Appeal Math: Are You Over-Assessed? A Tax Math Explainer

This post is meant to help a taxpayer get a jump-start on determining: is my property over-assessed? This post is ...
Read More

February 12, 2021 / Property Revaluation, Property Taxes

CivicParent NJ Property Tax Viewer – 2019 Levies

Last month (October 2020) the state published the 2019 property tax tables. This is a “look back” at the local ...
Read More

November 2, 2020 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public budgets, Public Schools

Jersey City School Tax Expense Calculator for 2020/21 School Funding Year

I am part of the education team with Jersey City Together and in May 2020 we created a school tax ...
Read More

May 18, 2020 / Data Visualizations, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes

Jersey City’s Proposed 2020 Budget (Tableau #DataViz)

In February 2020 the City Council introduced its 2020 budget (the city has typically approved the annual budget only in ...
Read More

February 13, 2020 / #JCCityBudget, Advocacy, Data Visualizations, Property Taxes, Public budgets

A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate, Part 1: the Public Data

This is the first in a 4-part series about 2018 school tax rates, with a focus on Jersey City. This ...
Read More

October 15, 2019 / Data Visualizations, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools

The Jersey City BOE’s “10% Tax Levy Hike” Isn’t Enough & Doesn’t Value Our Kids or JCPS

Jersey City’s Board of Education is emphasizing a “10%” school tax levy increase as if that’s a big jump. Except ...
Read More

May 8, 2019 / #FundOurSchools, Advocacy, Board of Education, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, Tax Base

Jersey City’s 2019/20 Proposed Budget: Visualized Revenues

Every municipality is funded by a mix of income streams, including: Property taxes (everyone pays property tax...you either pay it ...
Read More

May 5, 2019 / #DataViz, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, Advocacy, Jersey City, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Municipal Budget, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public budgets, Revenues

2019/20 Proposed Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)

How to use this visualization: Check out prior visualizations here that I'm sharing as part of the 2019/20 budget cycle ...
Read More

April 28, 2019 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, #openData, Advocacy, Appropriations, Board of Education, Data Visualizations, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy

How does Jersey City Spend Its Money? A Data Visualization of Budgets from 2015-2018

As we look towards the coming weeks and months, two local governing bodies are undergoing a public budgeting process: The ...
Read More

April 25, 2019 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, Advocacy, Board of Education, Data Visualizations, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public budgets, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy

NJ School Funding Basics: “Adequacy” Budget, School Tax Levy, & the Impact of Inflation (A Case Study of Jersey City)

This article is about Jersey City’s public schools funding crisis. If you’re unfamiliar with this issue, you can read more ...
Read More

March 7, 2019 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, #openData, Advocacy, Board of Education, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, NJ SFRA of 2008, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy

NJ Property Tax Dashboard: Updated for 2018 w/ Jersey City Highlights

NJ Property Tax Dashboard Follow the money ... and better understand your community's priorities. Every year, the state of NJ ...
Read More

March 6, 2019 / #DataViz, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, Advocacy, Data Visualizations, equalization ratio, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Public Schools, Tableau, Tax Base, Tax levy

Demand Fair Property Taxation: Using the Equalization Ratio as a Civic Tool

How can taxpayers ensure that local municipal and county governments are keeping property taxes fair and balanced? This excerpt is ...
Read More

January 20, 2019 / #DataViz, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, Advocacy, Data Visualizations, equalization ratio, New Jersey, Property Revaluation, Property Revaluation, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Tableau

NJ School Funding Basics: The Tax Levy

This is part of series about school funding, property tax, and community in Jersey City. To read other posts in ...
Read More

January 13, 2019 / #DataViz, #GetCivic, #openData, Advocacy, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, NJ SFRA of 2008, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Public Schools, Tableau, Tax Base, Tax levy

NJ School Funding Basics: The Tax Base

This is part of series about school funding, property tax, and community in Jersey City. I'm learning about Jersey City's ...
Read More

January 13, 2019 / #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, Advocacy, Board of Education, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, Tax Base

JCPS Funding Crisis: An Overview

Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis Based on the state funding formula, Jersey City Public Schools are currently $100 million ...
Read More

January 4, 2019 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #openData, Board of Education, English Language Learner, Free and Reduced Lunch, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, special education, Tax Base

NJ Property Tax Dashboard | #OpenData #DataViz

This is a property tax dashboard for NJ residents who may be interested in learning about the property tax profile ...
Read More

September 27, 2018 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, Advocacy, Board of Education, Data Visualizations, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, Tableau, Tax Base

Jersey City Property Tax Appeals: A Civic Step-by-Step Overview

For the past 4 years I’ve been researching and writing about property taxes and revaluation (among other topics) on CivicParent ...
Read More

June 7, 2018 / #GetCivic, Advocacy, County Board of Taxation, NJ Property Tax, Property Revaluation, Property Revaluation, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Tax Appeals

Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card

I received my new tax postcard in the mail yesterday so I figured I’d share a breakdown of how to ...
Read More

May 10, 2018 / #GetCivic, Advocacy, Appraisal Systems, County Board of Taxation, NJ Property Tax, Property Revaluation, Property Revaluation, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Tax Appeals

Property Taxes: Learn about how we fund local government.