The Fair Share Report

10 Codington Pl

Somerville, NJ 07920

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

≈ $943,574

Likely range $830,136 – $1,179,113, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 4,595 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $943,574 home should be assessed near $554,822.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$520,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,222 below what the ratio math suggests (6.2%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$21,235/yr
Public schools$12,435
Somerset County$2,874
Town of Somerville$5,926
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 55.2%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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 GRANT AVENUE2026-06$505,0005,16561.0%
459 E MAIN ST2025-11$640,0003,89053.6%
41-43 WASHINGTON PL2025-05$850,0003,35548.9%
68 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$550,0002,60561.7%
149 W CLIFF ST2026-02$660,0003,36048.4%
90-92 W CLIFF ST2025-02$500,0002,75861.4%
128 W HIGH ST2025-07$820,0003,34743.2%
34 STEELE AVE2025-12$699,0002,72460.5%
331-333 WILLIAM ST2025-05$599,0002,91761.0%
21 GRANT AVENUE2026-01$815,0002,34046.4%
5 SEVILLE DR2025-06$745,0002,20452.2%
185 E HIGH ST2026-06$740,0002,43447.4%

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