The Fair Share Report

141 Springbrook Tr

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

≈ $468,614

Likely range $412,320 – $571,632, 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 $468,614 home should be assessed near $280,325.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$224,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $55,625 below what the ratio math suggests (19.8%).

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

$8,242/yr
Public schools$5,309
Sussex County$1,403
Town of Sparta$1,531
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 47.9%

34%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
512 WEST SHORE TRL2025-11$970,0001,33744.9%
28 OAKWOOD TRL2025-08$542,0001,35248.7%
123 HILLSIDE RD2025-04$441,0001,28050.2%
23 EAST SHORE TRL2025-12$485,0001,53253.5%
18 SENECA TRL2025-08$435,0001,47456.3%
381 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-12$490,0001,36454.2%
35 SENECA TRL2026-03$390,0001,43058.5%
97 EAST SHORE TRL2025-07$552,0001,60247.2%
10 HILLTOP TRL2026-04$620,0001,66841.8%
547 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$540,0001,32053.5%
43 HILLTOP TRL2025-11$360,0001,46070.1%
97 SPRINGBROOK TRL2026-03$485,0001,56850.6%

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