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Some homeowners are well aware of the annual property tax bill that goes to finance everything from schools to libraries to patching potholes. Other homeowners – particularly those with taxes rolled in with monthly mortgage payments – might find property taxes more abstract.

“I’m all in favor of higher property taxes.” That statement won’t be uttered often, if at all, especially in New Jersey, which countless surveys over the years have shown as carrying the top property tax burden in the nation.

70and73 has taken a long look at New Jersey property tax records out of Trenton. What’s the property tax pain in 70and73 Land and just where does that money go?

CHERRY HILL

Average residential tax bill of $8,399 in 2018, ranking the township 264^th of 565 municipalities in New Jersey and 6^th in Camden County. Where most of it went: 60% total school, 24% county and 16% all total municipality. Average tax bill in 2008 was $7,281. Total residential properties, average residential assessment in 2018: 23,914, $224,631.

EVESHAM

Average residential tax bill of $7,455 in 2018, ranking the township 338^th of 565 municipalities in New Jersey and 13^th in Burlington County. Where most of it went: 68% total school, 13% county and 17% total municipality. Average tax bill in 2008 was $6,635. Total residential properties, average residential assessment in 2018: 15,443, 270,497.

MEDFORD

Average residential tax bill of $10,197 in 2018, ranking the township 151^st of 565 municipalities in New Jersey and 3^rd in Burlington County. Where most of it went: 72% total school, 12% county and 14% total municipality. Average tax bill in 2008 was $8,631. Total residential properties, average residential assessment in 2018: 8,212, $326,309.

MEDFORD LAKES

Average residential tax bill of $9,251 in 2018, ranking the borough 209^th of 565 municipalities in New Jersey and 4^th in Burlington County. Where most of it went: 67% total school, 11% county and 20% total municipality. Average tax bill in 2008 was $7,731. Total residential properties, average residential assessment in 2018: 1,543, $285,533.

MT. LAUREL

Average residential tax bill of $6,400 in 2018, ranking the township 417^th of 565 municipalities in New Jersey and 20^th in Burlington County. Where most of it went: 68% total school, 14% county and 17% total municipality. Average tax bill in 2008 was $5,318. Total residential properties, average residential assessment in 2018: 16,424, $237,560.

VOORHEES

Average residential tax bill of $10,144 in 2018, ranking the borough 156^th of 565 municipalities in New Jersey and 3^rd in Camden County. Where most of it went: 54% total school, 23% county and 21% total municipality. Average tax bill in 2008 was $8,366. Total residential properties, average residential assessment in 2018: 8,690, $258,779.

Around the region – Burlington and Camden Counties – the highest 2018 average property tax bill was in the anomalous Tavistock Borough in Camden County where the three residential properties paid an average of $31,751 in taxes. That average is No. 1 in the state.

Beyond the outliers, Haddonfield Borough had an average tax bill of $15,186, ranking it first in Camden County and 36^th in the state. Tops in Burlington County were Moorestown, with an average bill of $11,243, 109^th in the state and No. 1 in the county. Then Chesterfield, with an average of $11,088, 116^th in the state and No. 2 in the county.

If we factor out Tavistock and Pine Valley Borough (with only 23 residences) in Camden County, Haddonfield was No. 1, Voorhees No. 2 and Cherry Hill No. 4 in the county. No. 3 was Haddon Heights Borough, with an average tax bill of $9,227.