The Fair Share Report

150 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

≈ $498,917

Likely range $433,906 – $568,141, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,348 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 $498,917 home should be assessed near $298,452.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$251,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $47,152 below what the ratio math suggests (15.8%).

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

$9,218/yr
Public schools$5,937
Sussex County$1,569
Town of Sparta$1,712
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 50.4%

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
13 WALLKILL RD2025-10$560,0001,36246.9%
6 SUMMIT TER2025-03$300,0001,44090.6%
159 EAST SHORE TRL2026-05$489,0001,23254.4%
21 SPRINGBROOK TRL2026-02$510,0001,38243.8%
99 SUMMIT RD2025-06$705,0001,39238.9%
46 SHAWNEE TRL2026-06$350,0011,30064.9%
8 TYLER ST2025-09$560,0001,21247.7%
100 SIGNAL HILL TRL2025-03$370,0001,28354.0%
187 EAST SHORE TRL2026-05$375,0001,16560.5%
5 SHELLEY CT2026-05$625,0001,43844.0%
547 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$540,0001,32053.5%
16 COLUMBUS RD2026-06$500,0001,45357.5%

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