The Fair Share Report

11 E Spring St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $520,000

Likely range $445,000 – $675,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

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 $520,000 home should be assessed near $305,760.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$255,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $50,560 below what the ratio math suggests (16.5%).

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

$10,410/yr
Public schools$6,096
Somerset County$1,409
Town of Somerville$2,905
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 49.1%

32%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
159 DAVENPORT ST2025-01$445,0001,00549.1%
20 CAMMANN PL2026-03$465,0001,16049.1%
99 EASTERN AVE2025-03$415,0001,79263.5%
199 N BRIDGE ST2026-06$550,0001,46545.0%
164 E HIGH ST2026-06$402,0001,21058.9%
104 W HIGH ST2026-04$650,0002,20835.6%
161 E CLIFF ST2025-02$475,0001,03247.6%
224 E CLIFF ST2025-10$509,0001,35254.5%
17-19 N CLARK AVE2026-06$695,0001,85639.0%
22 HAMILTON ST2026-06$520,0001,21034.1%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
54 MERCER ST2025-07$675,0001,63345.9%

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