The Fair Share Report

147 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

≈ $537,293

Likely range $487,803 – $648,132, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,568 sq ft.

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 $537,293 home should be assessed near $315,928.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$263,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $52,228 below what the ratio math suggests (16.5%).

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

$10,756/yr
Public schools$6,299
Somerset County$1,456
Town of Somerville$3,002
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 49.1%

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
75 N AUTEN AVE2026-06$709,5001,57540.5%
18 S CLARK AVE2025-09$421,0001,41148.8%
22 E BROWN ST2026-05$645,0001,49745.8%
95 SOUTHSIDE AVE2026-06$499,5501,47450.1%
12 SCHOOLHOUSE LANE2025-11$499,0001,57757.4%
110 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-03$555,0001,78450.9%
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%
54 MERCER ST2025-07$675,0001,63345.9%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
7 SOMER DRIVE2025-05$580,0001,42051.2%

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