The Fair Share Report

14 Wallkill Rd

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $778,682

Likely range $664,318 – $871,427, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $778,682 home should be assessed near $465,808.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$386,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $78,908 below what the ratio math suggests (16.9%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$14,191/yr
Public schools$9,141
Sussex County$2,415
Town of Sparta$2,636
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 49.7%

39%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
47 VALLEY VIEW TRL2025-07$680,0002,68247.0%
1 WHIPPOORWILL LN2025-05$380,0002,57486.9%
26 HICKORY TRL2025-04$786,5002,46447.0%
12 HERITAGE DR2025-06$760,0002,41244.4%
16 CAMBRIDGE DR2025-01$710,0002,45054.5%
36 TYLER ST2025-11$615,0002,33652.9%
24 ARAPAHO TRL2025-04$375,0002,37686.8%
30 COTTAGE LN2025-04$740,0002,33946.4%
435 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$1,225,0002,77434.3%
2 HERITAGE DR2025-03$575,0002,76964.8%
570 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$1,590,0002,68747.0%
43 MAPLE PKWY2025-09$525,0001,99856.2%

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