The Fair Share Report

135 Main St

Helmetta, NJ 08828

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

≈ $385,784

Likely range $352,817 – $504,909, from 10 comparable Helmetta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

55.50%

The state's official measure of how far Helmetta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $385,784 home should be assessed near $214,110.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$303,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $88,890 above what the ratio math suggests (41.5%).

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

$3.558 per $100 assessed

$2.120 Schools · 60% $0.601 County · 17% $0.836 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,781/yr
Public schools$6,425
Middlesex County$1,822
Town of Helmetta$2,534
Helmetta average$7,440

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

Town median 46.6%
This home · 78.5%

36%91%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Helmetta, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (63.82%).

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
45 LAKE AVE2025-09$400,0001,65658.6%
42 JOHN STREET2026-06$485,0001,46040.1%
2A LAKE AVENUE2025-06$723,0001,99456.6%
38 JOHN ST2025-08$280,0001,07258.3%
117 MAIN ST2025-05$250,0001,36895.7%
37 RAILROAD AVENUE2026-06$257,5001,02662.1%
4 HOLLY MANOR COURT2025-08$445,0001,39147.2%
23 OLD FORGE ROAD2026-03$311,2501,29666.1%
24 HOLLY HOUSE DRIVE2026-01$525,0001,66141.9%
15 RAILROAD AVE2025-01$315,00091054.7%

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