The Fair Share Report

100 Springbrook Tr

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

≈ $928,863

Likely range $503,119 – $1,680,255, 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 $928,863 home should be assessed near $555,646.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$312,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $243,446 below what the ratio math suggests (43.8%).

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

$11,452/yr
Public schools$7,376
Sussex County$1,949
Town of Sparta$2,127
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 33.6%

13%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
4 ARROWHEAD TRL2026-04$1,235,0001,95548.4%
177 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$980,0002,13346.3%
88 STANHOPE RD2026-03$480,0001,98847.2%
42 MAPLE PKWY2025-07$1,465,0001,94645.1%
82 MAPLE PKWY2025-09$1,380,0001,78939.3%
22 MAPLE PKWY2026-06$2,135,0002,28734.6%
42 SOUTH SHORE TRL2025-08$700,0002,26050.3%
53 OAKWOOD TRL2026-03$1,720,0002,27036.6%
10 HILLTOP TRL2026-04$620,0001,66841.8%
24 PINE CONE LN2025-05$576,0002,12055.0%
30 SENECA TRL2025-08$650,0002,24253.3%
245 EAST SHORE TRL2026-01$515,0002,08458.1%

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