{
  "publisher": "Move to Lower Bucks",
  "site": "https://movetolowerbucks.com/",
  "about": "Lower Bucks home data and tools by Alex Isom, PA real-estate license in progress. Move to Lower Bucks (movetolowerbucks.com) does not provide real estate brokerage services.",
  "attribution": "Please credit \"Move to Lower Bucks (movetolowerbucks.com)\" with a link when you use or republish this data.",
  "docs": "https://movetolowerbucks.com/data/",
  "contact": "hello@movetolowerbucks.com",
  "disclaimer": "Estimates only, not tax, legal or financial advice. Real assessments vary by house; check the official sources.",
  "dataset": "Property tax and housing stock, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, PA",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Bucks County 2026 Millage Rates sheet, dated July 1, 2026",
      "url": "https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27738/2026-MILLAGE-RATES-7_1_2026"
    },
    {
      "title": "PA Department of Revenue Common Level Ratio for Bucks (5.6%), effective July 1, 2026",
      "url": "https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/revenue/documents/taxtypes/rtt/documents/clr_factor_current.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bucks County Recorder of Deeds, realty transfer tax 2% (1% state, 1% local)",
      "url": "https://buckscounty.gov/613/Transfer-Tax"
    }
  ],
  "town": {
    "slug": "bensalem-township",
    "name": "Bensalem Township",
    "school_district": "Bensalem Township SD",
    "mills": {
      "school": 188.9474,
      "municipal": 23.0,
      "county": 29.65,
      "total": 241.5974
    },
    "example": {
      "price": 400000,
      "assessed_value_est": 22400,
      "yearly_property_tax_est": 5411.78,
      "transfer_tax_total": 8000.0,
      "method": "price x Common Level Ratio (5.6%) x total mills / 1000, before any homestead exclusion"
    },
    "page": "https://movetolowerbucks.com/property-tax/bensalem-township/?utm_source=data-api&utm_medium=referral",
    "as_of": "2026-07-01",
    "housing_stock": {
      "housing_units": 25415,
      "median_value_owner_estimate": 364400,
      "median_gross_rent": 1613,
      "median_year_built": 1975,
      "units_in_structure": {
        "1_detached": 11130,
        "1_attached": 4891,
        "2": 1069,
        "3_4": 1152,
        "5_9": 1626,
        "10_19": 1573,
        "20_49": 1529,
        "50_plus": 1616,
        "mobile_home": 807,
        "other": 22
      },
      "year_built": {
        "2020_later": 107,
        "2010_2019": 1316,
        "2000_2009": 1909,
        "1990_1999": 2136,
        "1980_1989": 3190,
        "1970_1979": 7417,
        "1960_1969": 3353,
        "1950_1959": 3394,
        "1940_1949": 854,
        "1939_earlier": 1739
      },
      "source": {
        "title": "U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (tables B25001, B25024, B25034, B25064, B25077)",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25024.dat"
      }
    }
  }
}