Jupiter’s 2026–27 Town Tax Rate: Adopted Update
October 1 update: Jupiter adopted a 3.5886-mill Town rate for FY 2026–27. It is not a property's total combined tax rate; fire assessments and other taxes vary.
Update, October 1, 2026: The Town of Jupiter now lists 3.5886 mills as its adopted 2026–27 Town millage rate, comprising 2.3894 mills for general/capital purposes and 1.1992 mills for fire. This is the Town component, not a property owner's total combined tax rate. The separate fire assessment and other taxing authorities can affect an individual tax bill. See the Town of Jupiter's adopted millage page.
The article below was first published August 26, before the September budget hearing. References to the proposal describe the information available then.
If you looked at Jupiter’s proposed tax rate this year, one number probably jumped out.
The Town’s proposed millage rate is 3.5886 mills, up from 2.3894 last year. That is about a 50% increase.
But that does not mean your Town and fire taxes are going up 50%.
The reason for the jump is Jupiter’s new Fire Rescue Department, which begins service October 1. At the August publication date, Jupiter property owners paid the Town’s 2.3894 millage rate plus a separate 1.7251 mill Palm Beach County Jupiter Fire Rescue tax.
The new Town budget replaced that County fire component by adding 1.1992 mills to the Town’s own rate.
So when you combine the Town and fire portions, the millage actually drops from about 4.1145 mills to 3.5886 mills. That is roughly a 12.8% decrease.
The Town also describes a separate non-ad valorem fire assessment, so the exact impact depends on the property and the actual tax bill. The Town projected a lower combined ad valorem Town-and-fire rate before the separate assessment; that is not a guarantee that each owner's total tax bill will fall.
The Town has even published examples showing lower combined ad valorem taxes on several hypothetical properties before the separate fire assessment is added.
So if you see that Jupiter’s millage rate jumped 50%, technically that is true. It just does not tell the full story.
Jupiter is taking over fire rescue from Palm Beach County. Under the Town's adopted rate, the combined ad valorem Town-and-fire component is lower than before, but total taxes and assessments vary by property.
At the original August 26 publication date, 3.5886 mills was a proposal. The September 8 hearing has passed; see the dated update at the top for the Town's adopted fiscal-year rate.
