The Fair Share Report

131 Eastern Ave

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $505,000

Likely range $415,000 – $650,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $505,000 home should be assessed near $296,940.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$305,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,760 above what the ratio math suggests (3.0%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,470/yr
Public schools$7,302
Somerset County$1,688
Town of Somerville$3,480
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 60.5%

34%79%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
28 MECHANIC ST2025-05$755,0001,81653.7%
420 WILLIAM STREET2026-06$810,0002,27351.0%
133 EASTERN AVE2025-05$505,0001,21047.2%
99 EASTERN AVE2025-03$415,0001,79263.5%
51 CENTER ST2025-08$415,0001,53147.5%
113 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$375,0001,17454.6%
164 E HIGH ST2026-06$402,0001,21058.9%
65 EASTERN STS PKWY2025-12$495,0001,09845.3%
159 DAVENPORT ST2025-01$445,0001,00549.1%
199 N BRIDGE ST2026-06$550,0001,46545.0%
20 CAMMANN PL2026-03$465,0001,16049.1%
104 W HIGH ST2026-04$650,0002,20835.6%

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