The Fair Share Report

1 Devore Dr

West Orange, NJ 07052

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $672,646

Likely range $612,309 – $761,958, from 12 comparable West Orange sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,593 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

99.99%

The state's official measure of how far West Orange assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $672,646 home should be assessed near $672,579.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$505,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $167,479 below what the ratio math suggests (24.9%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every West Orange home

$2.626 per $100 assessed

$1.628 Schools · 62% $0.300 County · 11% $0.697 Town · 27%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,269/yr
Public schools$8,229
Essex County$1,516
Town of West Orange$3,523
West Orange average$16,162

This home vs. every recent West Orange sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 86.6%
This home · 75.1%

61%108%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside West Orange's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
35 CLEVELAND TERRACE2025-07$750,0001,56888.2%
29 WOODHULL AVENUE2025-07$335,0001,592158.2%
74 FITZRANDOLPH ROAD2025-10$520,0001,54098.7%
24 SUBURBAN DRIVE2025-12$695,0001,63383.9%
18 OAK AVENUE2025-06$649,0001,537101.4%
15 LESSING ROAD2025-07$685,0001,59188.5%
29 CAROLINA AVENUE2026-02$625,0001,54488.5%
18 BUCKINGHAM ROAD2025-11$735,0001,61377.6%
6 WAKEMAN STREET2025-10$615,0001,60083.6%
114 GARFIELD AVENUE2026-06$736,0001,52481.8%
6 SHERIDAN AVENUE2026-06$995,2221,65859.1%
33 WINDING WAY2025-06$1,025,0001,61071.4%

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