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[quote="Guest"]So the Star Ledger has a report on state-wide tax increases for 2007.

The State average increase was 5%.

The average for Middlesex County was 7%, the second highest in the State.

Cranbury's increae was 16.9%, the second highst in Middlesex County (Perth Amboy was #1, but their resulting average tax was still less than 60% of the Cranbury rate).

Overall, Cranbury now has the HIGHEST AVERAGE TAX BILLin Middlesox County by a wide margin, at $9,144.  The next closest is $8,350 (Highland Park) and the County average is $6,188.  The State average is $6,504.  Plainsboro is $8,093, Monroe is $5,364 and South Brunswick is $7,281.

That said, Cranury's dramatic increase is partially a result of having deferred the increases in previous years.  When you look at the 7-year percentage increase, it isn't as much out of the norm, though like all NJ it is still substantial.  The 7 year increase for Cranbury is 60.8%.  The State 7-year increase is 52.2%.  Plainsboro is 78.6%, Monroe is 77.5% and South Brunswick is 69.1% (so we have the smallest 7-year increase of our immediate neighbors.  The total tax bill is also deceptive because Cranbury has a higher average property value than these other communities.[/quote]

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