The Fair Share Report

118 Ely Ave

Old Bridge, NJ 08879

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

≈ $534,665

Likely range $502,868 – $580,916, from 12 comparable Old Bridge sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

28.33%

The state's official measure of how far Old Bridge assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $534,665 home should be assessed near $151,471.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$131,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,771 below what the ratio math suggests (13.1%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Old Bridge home

$6.094 per $100 assessed

$3.800 Schools · 62% $1.156 County · 19% $1.138 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,294/yr
Public schools$5,172
Middlesex County$1,573
Town of Old Bridge$1,549
Old Bridge average$9,590

This home vs. every recent Old Bridge sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 24.8%
This home · 24.6%

16%38%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Old Bridge'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
439 OCEAN BLVD2026-03$580,0001,52223.6%
6 LINBROOK DR2025-04$565,0001,56325.2%
24 ASHLEY DR2026-01$540,0001,57026.2%
15 AMBER DR2025-07$521,5001,60832.2%
40 FOREST GARDENS DR2025-06$530,0001,72025.8%
3205 FALSTON CIR2026-03$507,5001,59927.0%
2206 FALSTON CIR2025-11$535,0001,59925.6%
7205 FALSTON CIR2025-06$555,0001,59924.7%
10318 FALSTON CIR2025-05$575,0001,59923.8%
25 CATHERINE CT2025-10$577,4501,70027.1%
10 COVENTRY CT2026-02$520,0001,60520.7%
9 FOREST GARDENS DR2025-09$463,9201,72028.4%

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