The Fair Share Report

127 Scheerer Ave

Newark, NJ 07112

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

≈ $606,892

Likely range $491,892 – $713,259, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $606,892 home should be assessed near $246,944.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$163,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $83,844 below what the ratio math suggests (34.0%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,522/yr
Public schools$1,895
Essex County$846
Town of Newark$3,781
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 26.9%

17%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
601 S 18TH ST2026-03$200,00019.0%
134 LITTLETON AVE2025-10$550,0004.8%
59 ST FRANCIS ST2026-02$675,0002,01634.7%
57 COMMONWEALTH AVE2025-04$500,0001,99152.5%
35 PALM ST2026-01$450,0002,01625.1%
422 JELLIFF AVE2025-04$515,0002,18262.1%
77 ALDINE ST2025-11$601,0002,04020.5%
695 CLIFTON AVE2025-10$650,0001,95637.7%
36 TILLINGHAST ST2026-03$600,0002,05234.5%
108 DAVENPORT AVE2026-01$615,0001,87524.3%
103 SCHLEY ST2025-09$700,0001,96029.7%
22 ELM ST2025-04$695,0007.2%

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