East Stroudsburg’s 2027 Property Tax Proposal in Dollars
East Stroudsburg Borough is proposing a property tax rate of 10.2655 mills for 2027, up from 8.9654 in 2026. If Council adopts it and your home’s assessed value stays at $100,000, the borough portion of your tax bill would go up about $130 a year. The public hearing is December 1.
Borough hearing notice and draft ordinance ·
Approved 2026 borough rate
The borough tax in dollars:
Millage makes a perfectly ordinary calculation sound like homework. One mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 of assessed value. The borough is proposing an increase of 1.3001 mills, so take the assessed value from your tax bill or county parcel record, divide by 1,000, and multiply by 1.3001. If you’re looking at your asking price, you’ve got the wrong piece of paper.
If the proposal passes and your assessed value stays the same, here’s what it would add to the borough portion of your annual tax bill. At a $75,000 assessment, you’d pay about $98 more. At $100,000, it’s about $130 more. And at $150,000, it’s about $195 more.
At a $100,000 assessment, the borough tax would go from roughly $897 to $1,027 a year. That’s about $11 a month in a household budget. Your school district and county set their own rates, so this calculation covers just one piece of the bill.
Before you do the math, look at the municipality on your parcel record. An East Stroudsburg mailing address can put the same words on two envelopes even when the houses are taxed by different municipalities. The proposed rate applies to taxable property inside East Stroudsburg Borough.
Draft borough ordinance.
Selling a home in East Stroudsburg Borough
If I were getting a borough home ready to sell, I’d pull the current tax bills before the first showing. Once Council acts, I’d give buyers those bills with the tax years clearly marked, along with any newly adopted borough rate. Then a buyer’s lender can estimate the monthly payment using the figures for that house. A listing that says “taxes $X” without the year leaves the buyer to figure out what they’re actually budgeting for.
I’d still set the asking price from comparable sales, the home’s condition, and the other homes buyers can see this weekend. The tax change goes in the buyer’s monthly budget. If you’re also weighing what you’d give up in a negotiation, I walked through the numbers in last week’s Ledger.
Seller credits and price cuts in the Poconos
The December hearing and the 2028 reassessment
Council’s hearing is Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 7 p.m. at the borough municipal building, 24 Analomink Street. Council will consider Ordinance 1427-26 for adoption after the hearing. If you’re making a 2027 budget, check the borough’s decision before penciling in a final rate.
East Stroudsburg Borough public hearings
Monroe County’s reassessment is a separate item on the calendar. It’s scheduled to take effect in January 2028 and updates the assessed value used to calculate taxes. The borough proposal concerns the rate for 2027. If you’re trying to make sense of a future bill, check both the assessment and the rate for that tax year.
Monroe County reassessment update
If you’re getting ready to sell in East Stroudsburg Borough, I can help you put a realistic price on the house and estimate what you’d take home after selling costs.
Let’s talk about your listing.
