The Fair Share Report

11 Front St

Dover, NJ 07801

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Dover's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $434,496

Likely range $364,608 – $477,187, from 12 comparable Dover sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 944 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

61.38%

The state's official measure of how far Dover assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $434,496 home should be assessed near $266,694.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$177,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $89,694 below what the ratio math suggests (33.6%).

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

$3.489 per $100 assessed

$1.500 Schools · 43% $0.346 County · 10% $1.643 Town · 47%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,177/yr
Public schools$2,656
Morris County$613
Town of Dover$2,909
Dover average$8,409

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

Town median 48.4%
This home · 40.7%

32%76%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
60 WATSON DR2026-05$515,00092437.4%
44 CURTIS ST2026-03$250,00093276.3%
18 GRANT ST2026-02$452,00091040.3%
22 SOUTH HIGHLAND AVE2025-12$460,00091046.0%
58 CONRAD PL2026-02$455,00044.3%
21 HILLSIDE AVE2025-07$460,00093638.3%
130 KING ST2026-03$365,00060.6%
3 BROOK DR2025-04$340,0001,00860.3%
25 WATSON DR2025-11$500,0001,14043.4%
49 KEARNEY ST2026-02$500,00042.7%
40 ACADEMY ST2025-05$435,00075642.1%
40 LINWOOD AVE2025-10$475,0001,03245.7%

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