ranked by percentage of home value, taxes will be highest in NJ, at an avg of 1.89% of home value, and a median payment of $6,579. Next highest is New Hampshire (no sales tax) at 1.86% and a median of $4,636. Texas will be third at #$2,275. New York, ranked 17th, will be a bit lower at 1.23% and a median of $3,755.
Massachusetts comes in 21st at $3,511 and 1.04%.
There are other ways to rank, of course, by % of total income and by average payment.
You can get all the hard figures here: http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/1913.html
Isn’t Gov. Christie supposed to be doing something about property taxes in NJ?