NEWARK, NJ – New Jersey’s property taxes, which are the highest in the nation, just keep rising. So you shouldn’t be surprised when you see more money being taken out of your account once again this year.

But you may be surprised when you see how expensive it’s gotten to live in your town, especially compared to other towns. And maybe you’ll be pleased to see that property taxes actually rose at a much slower rate in 2018 than they did the year before.

Researchers put together a list of all towns and their average annual property tax bills, from highest to lowest. Researchers also put together the percentage tax bill increases and decrease from 2017 to 2018 (see lists below).

The data, released this week, comes from the state Department of Community Affairs.

Between 2017 and 2018, the average homeowner’s tax bill rose to $8,767, an increase of less than 1 percent –an improvement over the 2016 hike of 2.3 percent. It was lower than the 2 percent cap former Gov. Chris Christie put into effect in 2011, according to the analysis.

Here is the list of communities, their counties and their average tax bills:

  1. Tavistock Borough, Camden $31,736
  2. Millburn Township, Essex $24,308
  3. Alpine Borough, Bergen $21,299
  4. Tenafly Borough, Bergen $20,717
  5. Rumson Borough, Monmouth $20,602
  6. Mountain Lakes Borough, Morris $20,471
  7. Glen Ridge Borough, Essex $20,209
  8. Essex Fells Township, Essex $20,054
  9. Demarest Borough, Bergen $19,797
  10. Princeton, Mercer $19,388
  11. Montclair Township, Essex $19,370
  12. Mendham Township, Morris $19,195
  13. Upper Saddle River Borough, Bergen $18,421
  14. South Orange Village, Essex $18,354
  15. Ridgewood Village, Bergen $17,970
  16. Summit City, Union $17,919
  17. Haworth Borough, Bergen $17,780
  18. Mantoloking Borough, Ocean $17,762
  19. Franklin Lakes Borough, Bergen $17,264
  20. Saddle River Borough, Bergen $17,146
  21. Westfield Town, Union $16,914
  22. Old Tappan Borough, Bergen $16,726
  23. Cresskill Borough, Bergen $16,722
  24. Deal Borough, Monmouth $16,529
  25. Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, Bergen $16,273
  26. Glen Rock Borough, Bergen $16,253
  27. North Caldwell Borough, Essex $16,083
  28. Livingston Township, Essex $15,933
  29. Maplewood Township, Essex $15,630
  30. Chester Township, Morris $15,602
  31. Mendham Borough, Morris $15,598
  32. Woodcliff Lake Borough, Bergen $15,598
  33. Closter Borough, Bergen $15,565
  34. Bernardsville Borough, Somerset $15,362
  35. Harrington Park Borough, Bergen $15,262
  36. Haddonfield Borough, Camden $15,182
  37. Far Hills Borough, Somerset $15,179
  38. Allendale Borough, Bergen $15,136
  39. Colts Neck Township, Monmouth $15,121
  40. Montgomery Township, Somerset $15,112
  41. Fair Haven Borough, Monmouth $15,046
  42. Oradell Borough, Bergen $14,984
  43. Rockleigh Borough, Bergen $14,942
  44. River Vale Township, Bergen $14,939
  45. Warren Township, Somerset $14,786
  46. Kinnelon Borough, Morris $14,763
  47. Chatham Township, Morris $14,740
  48. Allenhurst Borough, Monmouth $14,442
  49. West Windsor Township, Mercer $14,374
  50. Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon $14,367

Highest-to-lowest increases (and decreases)

  1. Interlaken Borough, Monmouth 15.15%
  2. Elmer Borough, Salem 14.70%
  3. Wrightstown Borough, Burlington 11.35%
  4. Stow Creek Township, Cumberland 10.53%
  5. Allenhurst Borough, Monmouth 9.01%
  6. Orange City, Essex 8.79%
  7. Stone Harbor Borough, Cape May 8.00%
  8. Ship Bottom Borough, Ocean 7.92%
  9. Milford Borough, Hunterdon 7.67%
  10. Carneys Point Township, Salem 7.33%
  11. Farmingdale Borough, Monmouth 7.26%
  12. Englishtown Borough, Monmouth 6.48%
  13. Englewood Cliffs Borough, Bergen 5.89%
  14. Cape May City, Cape May 5.75%
  15. Tuckerton Borough, Ocean 5.55%
  16. West New York Town, Hudson 5.43%
  17. Vineland City, Cumberland 5.40%
  18. Rumson Borough, Monmouth 5.38%
  19. Fieldsboro Borough, Burlington 5.33%
  20. Trenton City, Mercer 5.29%
  21. West Cape May Borough, Cape May 5.16%
  22. Lawrence Township, Cumberland 5.12%
  23. Paterson City, Passaic 5.07%
  24. Red Bank Borough, Monmouth 5.02%
  25. Hazlet Township, Monmouth 5.01%
  26. Eatontown Borough, Monmouth 4.99%
  27. Long Branch City, Monmouth 4.92%
  28. Dover Town, Morris 4.89%
  29. Spring Lake Heights Borough, Monmouth 4.84%
  30. Beach Haven Borough, Ocean 4.81%
  31. Highland Park Borough, Middlesex 4.70%
  32. Pleasantville City, Atlantic 4.65%
  33. Oldmans Township, Salem 4.63%
  34. Andover Borough, Sussex 4.61%
  35. Medford Lakes Borough, Burlington 4.58%
  36. Rockleigh Borough, Bergen 4.50%
  37. Boonton Town, Morris 4.50%
  38. Elk Township, Gloucester 4.49%
  39. Avalon Borough, Cape May 4.47%
  40. Glen Gardner Borough, Hunterdon 4.45%
  41. Sea Bright Borough, Monmouth 4.45%
  42. Teterboro Borough, Bergen 4.40%
  43. Ocean Township, Monmouth 4.39%
  44. Bay Head Borough, Ocean 4.38%
  45. Kingwood Township, Hunterdon 4.37%
  46. Manasquan Borough, Monmouth 4.36%
  47. Dunellen Borough, Middlesex 4.35%
  48. Wildwood City, Cape May 4.31%
  49. Merchantville Borough, Camden 4.29%
  50. Upper Deerfield Township, Cumberland 4.24%