The Fair Share Report

15 Codington Pl

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

≈ $517,726

Likely range $432,167 – $607,760, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,427 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 $517,726 home should be assessed near $304,423.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$279,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $24,623 below what the ratio math suggests (8.1%).

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

$11,413/yr
Public schools$6,683
Somerset County$1,545
Town of Somerville$3,185
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 54.0%

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
25 W SPRING ST2025-10$615,0001,44442.6%
361 WILLIAM ST2025-12$517,0001,42547.0%
42 EASTERN AVE2025-04$675,0001,34442.7%
202 N BRIDGE ST2026-06$640,0001,34239.7%
224 E CLIFF ST2025-10$509,0001,35254.5%
22 E BROWN ST2026-05$645,0001,49745.8%
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%
32 THIRD ST2026-05$340,0001,45659.4%
27 SECOND ST2026-03$380,0001,38049.9%
71 CENTRAL AVE2026-01$525,0001,48847.2%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
25 CENTRAL AVE2025-07$480,0001,56140.1%

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