The Fair Share Report

136 E Central Ave

Wharton, NJ 07885

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

≈ $608,542

Likely range $484,280 – $722,674, from 12 comparable Wharton sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

92.46%

The state's official measure of how far Wharton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $608,542 home should be assessed near $562,658.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$461,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $100,958 below what the ratio math suggests (17.9%).

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

$2.606 per $100 assessed

$1.736 Schools · 67% $0.250 County · 10% $0.620 Town · 24%

This home's own bill implies $2.517 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,622/yr
Public schools$7,742
Morris County$1,115
Town of Wharton$2,765
Wharton average$10,081

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

Town median 84.5%
This home · 75.9%

58%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wharton'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
11 CORNELL ST2025-06$650,0001,80082.1%
4 TERRY LN2026-04$626,0001,60681.0%
4 OXFORD RD2025-03$605,0002,29685.6%
65 MICHIGAN AVE2025-04$575,0001,92468.6%
178 BAKER AVE2025-05$555,0001,36681.7%
174 BAKER AVE2026-03$575,0001,36671.5%
3 COLUMBIA ST2025-06$580,0001,79279.1%
25 WABASH AVE2026-04$589,0001,36664.5%
382 SO MAIN ST2025-06$471,0001,71173.8%
34 W DEWEY AVE2025-03$515,0001,85485.2%
15 ORCHARD ST2025-01$520,0001,80484.6%
12 ATLANTA PL2025-02$505,0001,36683.8%

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