The Fair Share Report

117 Second St

Dunellen, NJ 08812

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

≈ $458,750

Likely range $360,506 – $506,451, from 12 comparable Dunellen sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.02%

The state's official measure of how far Dunellen assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $458,750 home should be assessed near $445,079.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$473,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,021 above what the ratio math suggests (6.3%).

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

$2.448 per $100 assessed

$1.411 Schools · 58% $0.353 County · 14% $0.684 Town · 28%

This home's own bill implies $2.226 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,529/yr
Public schools$6,069
Middlesex County$1,518
Town of Dunellen$2,942
Dunellen average$11,299

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

Town median 98.9%
This home · 103.1%

76%137%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Dunellen'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
500 SECOND ST2026-05$442,0001,368108.5%
128 FIRST ST2026-02$440,0001,46399.8%
1790 WEST 4TH ST2025-04$360,0001,479123.9%
117 PEARL PL2025-02$547,0001,45897.8%
250 WALNUT ST2025-01$450,0001,28498.9%
405 MADISON AVE2026-02$510,0001,63297.1%
137 THIRD ST2026-01$485,0001,75096.0%
419 DUNELLEN AVE2026-03$475,0001,76499.6%
622 NO WASHINGTON AVE2025-04$429,0001,28997.9%
401 SANFORD AVE2025-03$405,0001,632118.5%
211 SO WASHINGTON AVE2025-01$340,0001,328145.6%
220 FIRST ST2026-04$516,0001,51879.9%

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