The Fair Share Report

15 Farmbrook Rd

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

≈ $763,429

Likely range $681,357 – $832,455, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,648 sq ft.

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 $763,429 home should be assessed near $456,683.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$438,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $18,483 below what the ratio math suggests (4.0%).

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

$16,073/yr
Public schools$10,353
Sussex County$2,735
Town of Sparta$2,985
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 57.4%

39%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
7 SCHINDLER DR2025-07$885,0002,73249.2%
255 EAST MOUNTAIN RD2025-06$569,0002,63264.0%
14 SENECA LAKE TERR2026-05$791,0002,88452.4%
11 DAHN DR2026-06$775,0002,57650.6%
4 BEL AIR DR2025-07$815,0002,88051.1%
2 MILL CREEK RD2025-10$840,0002,85746.6%
3 WHISPERING WOODS LN2025-01$770,0002,79051.7%
10 COTTONWOOD TRL2025-08$840,0002,67249.7%
10 MILL CREEK RD2025-03$827,50049.2%
12 BUTTERNUT WAY2025-08$930,0002,63453.4%
2 DOE RUN2025-08$855,0002,50444.3%
329 GLEN RD2025-10$668,0002,31751.8%

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