Property Taxes Going Up 3.4 Percent In Haverford Township

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA — Property taxes in Haverford Township are going up next year.

At Monday's Haverford Township Board of Commissioners meeting, the 2025 budget was approved unanimously, and it contained a 3.4 percent increase in real estate taxes.

The average assessed home in Haverford will see a $52 increase in their tax bill, while a median assessed home would see a $46 increase, officials said Monday.

While the increase will create financial strain for some township residents, the increase could have been steeper.

In November, the budget featured a 3.9 percent property tax increase.

The approved 2025 budget accounts for $54.813 in both expenditures and revenues after adjustments were made following the November meeting at which the 3.9 percent increase was discussed.

Commissioner Kevin McCloskey at Monday's meeting said the changes in figures came from decreasing insurance premium estimates, decreasing fund balance transfer from the capital projects funds for the Skatium project, pushing sanitation truck purchases to 2025, and other cost saving measures.

"Great care was taken to look at this budget and do everything possible to both be responsible for our expenses but also be considerate of what an increase would be," he said.