The Fair Share Report

115 Eastern Ave

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

≈ $491,636

Likely range $415,051 – $532,621, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,144 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 $491,636 home should be assessed near $289,082.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$268,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $20,582 below what the ratio math suggests (7.1%).

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

$10,952/yr
Public schools$6,413
Somerset County$1,482
Town of Somerville$3,056
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 54.6%

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
164 E HIGH ST2026-06$402,0001,21058.9%
202 N BRIDGE ST2026-06$640,0001,34239.7%
20 CAMMANN PL2026-03$465,0001,16049.1%
42 EASTERN AVE2025-04$675,0001,34442.7%
224 E CLIFF ST2025-10$509,0001,35254.5%
22 HAMILTON ST2026-06$520,0001,21034.1%
109 N AUTEN AVE2025-07$505,0001,15251.0%
361 WILLIAM ST2025-12$517,0001,42547.0%
159 DAVENPORT ST2025-01$445,0001,00549.1%
48 SECOND ST2025-12$320,0001,24449.7%
113 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$375,0001,17454.6%
161 E CLIFF ST2025-02$475,0001,03247.6%

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