The Fair Share Report

120 Reading Ave

Upper, NJ 08270

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

≈ $419,519

Likely range $295,587 – $516,833, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $419,519 home should be assessed near $237,658.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$178,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,358 below what the ratio math suggests (25.0%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,424/yr
Public schools$3,167
Cape May County$636
Town of Upper$620
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 42.5%

29%79%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper'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
2090 RT 502025-10$270,0001,74469.2%
1081 RT 502025-12$482,5001,76848.1%
151 READING AVE2025-05$305,0001,72857.8%
14 TOWNSEND RD2026-02$275,0001,70669.7%
727 RT 502025-06$470,0002,03953.0%
238 MARSHALLVILLE RD2025-05$367,5001,47956.6%
31 SEAVIEW AVE2025-04$535,0001,66451.5%
58 RT 502025-01$425,0001,68054.8%
147 READING AVE2025-03$308,0001,60867.6%
140 PERRY RD2025-08$650,0001,79250.9%
1611 RT 502025-10$200,0001,57962.6%
14 ROBERTS AVE2025-02$350,0001,77653.6%

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