The Fair Share Report

141 E Spring St

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

≈ $580,000

Likely range $495,000 – $605,000, 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 $580,000 home should be assessed near $341,040.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$272,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $68,740 below what the ratio math suggests (20.2%).

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

$11,107/yr
Public schools$6,504
Somerset County$1,503
Town of Somerville$3,100
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 46.9%

34%73%

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
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%
18 RIVIERA DR2025-10$420,0001,09058.6%
34 STEELE AVE2025-12$699,0002,72460.5%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%
11 SEVILLE DRIVE2025-08$590,0001,12649.1%
19 CATALINA DR2025-01$580,0001,95152.4%
12 SCHOOLHOUSE LANE2025-11$499,0001,57757.4%
56 FIELDSTONE DRIVE2025-10$635,0001,97149.0%
110 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-03$555,0001,78450.9%
55 FAIRMONT AVE2025-08$450,0001,00656.1%
147 E SPRING ST2025-03$605,0001,56843.6%
210 WILLIAM ST2024-12$495,0001,18960.9%

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