The Fair Share Report

1 Ely Ln

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $636,988

Likely range $533,505 – $725,254, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $636,988 home should be assessed near $381,046.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$353,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $27,346 below what the ratio math suggests (7.2%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Sparta home

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,974/yr
Public schools$8,357
Sussex County$2,208
Town of Sparta$2,409
Sparta average$13,693

This home vs. every recent Sparta sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 52.4%
This home · 55.5%

39%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
14 ROGERS LN2025-04$775,0002,04951.5%
219 STANHOPE RD2025-05$670,0002,10644.9%
25 GRAPHIC BLVD2025-11$720,0002,29050.4%
30 HEATHER LN2025-07$810,0002,42650.0%
25 GRANDVIEW TER2025-11$660,0002,56561.5%
559 WEST MOUNTAIN RD2025-02$519,0002,10457.7%
329 GLEN RD2025-10$668,0002,31751.8%
40 HAYWARD RD2026-03$700,0002,34449.8%
1 BRENTWOOD CT2025-11$780,0002,81050.7%
348 WEST MOUNTAIN RD2025-11$525,0002,80474.6%
701 WEST MOUNTAIN RD2025-01$620,0001,81257.0%
255 EAST MOUNTAIN RD2025-06$569,0002,63264.0%

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