The Fair Share Report

121 Kitchell Rd

Morris, NJ 07960

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

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $1,915,743

Likely range $1,852,467 – $2,529,650, from 12 comparable Morris sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

72.98%

The state's official measure of how far Morris assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,915,743 home should be assessed near $1,398,109.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,853,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $455,091 above what the ratio math suggests (32.6%).

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

$1.968 per $100 assessed

$1.147 Schools · 58% $0.303 County · 15% $0.517 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$36,471/yr
Public schools$21,267
Morris County$5,618
Town of Morris$9,586
Morris average$11,253

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 96.7%

50%105%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
16 HILLTOP CIR2025-04$1,900,0006,27674.8%
5 JONATHAN SMITH RD2025-10$1,635,0005,54768.2%
182 WASHINGTON VALLEY RD2026-02$2,600,0006,93969.3%
9 JONATHAN SMITH RD2026-04$1,600,0004,06960.5%
29 KITCHELL RD2025-11$2,650,0006,87075.8%
4 RANNEY HILL RD2025-10$1,999,9994,55252.3%
62 CANFIELD RD2025-12$2,110,0007,85190.0%
13 EAST COVE LN2025-09$1,450,0006,09575.6%
12 EAGLE NEST RD2025-07$1,550,0004,36258.6%
24 VAN BEUREN RD2026-04$850,0003,977118.4%
103 WOODCREST DR2026-02$335,00057.6%
36 ROLLING HILL DR2025-03$1,425,0004,41063.2%

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