The Fair Share Report

128 Summit Ave

Montclair, NJ 07043

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

≈ $2,014,623

Likely range $1,594,035 – $2,233,846, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $2,014,623 home should be assessed near $1,133,427.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,031,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $101,927 below what the ratio math suggests (9.0%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$36,268/yr
Public schools$20,826
Essex County$5,931
Town of Montclair$9,510
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 51.2%

33%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
7 SO. MOUNTAIN TERRACE2025-06$2,373,9793,64746.4%
110 HIGH STREET2025-07$1,800,0003,59754.2%
46 CAMBRIDGE ROAD2025-10$1,800,0003,61849.6%
237 NO. MOUNTAIN AVENUE2025-05$1,725,0003,79459.7%
59 WATCHUNG AVENUE2025-04$1,140,0003,50861.8%
102 HIGHLAND AVENUE2025-06$2,250,0003,91755.9%
517 PARK STREET2025-06$1,200,0003,43947.2%
508 PARK STREET2025-07$1,920,0003,45052.3%
206 INWOOD AVENUE2025-06$2,322,0003,37743.9%
15 WAYSIDE PLACE2025-11$2,340,0004,16655.9%
20 MAPLE AVENUE2025-09$900,0003,29241.0%
137 SUMMIT AVENUE2025-04$2,550,0003,29137.8%

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