The Fair Share Report

15 E Ln

Madison, NJ 07940

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

≈ $2,423,041

Likely range $1,969,046 – $2,885,466, from 12 comparable Madison sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 4,549 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.22%

The state's official measure of how far Madison assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $2,423,041 home should be assessed near $1,459,155.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,680,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $221,245 above what the ratio math suggests (15.2%).

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

$2.254 per $100 assessed

$1.423 Schools · 63% $0.350 County · 16% $0.481 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$37,876/yr
Public schools$23,912
Morris County$5,881
Town of Madison$8,083
Madison average$15,897

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

Town median 55.4%
This home · 69.4%

41%91%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Madison'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
70 SAMSON AVE2026-05$2,750,0004,30652.7%
144 SHUNPIKE RD2025-04$1,451,2504,58567.9%
148 SHUNPIKE RD2025-07$1,950,0004,50554.3%
165 MADISON AVE2025-06$1,750,0004,15259.3%
15 NOE AVE2025-04$2,685,0004,91556.4%
91 WOODLAND RD2026-04$2,625,0005,17459.6%
20 DOGWOOD DR2025-01$2,300,0003,62654.4%
5 EAST LN2025-07$2,550,0003,58854.8%
80 NOE AVE2025-07$2,300,0005,55277.9%
159 WOODLAND RD2026-04$2,560,0004,36661.9%
6 BUTTENHEIM TER2026-02$2,455,0004,60947.9%
24 FAIRVIEW AVE2026-04$2,310,0003,36745.0%

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