The Fair Share Report

159 Passaic Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,184,262

Likely range $865,392 – $1,419,031, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,184,262 home should be assessed near $364,871.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$255,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $109,471 below what the ratio math suggests (30.0%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,419/yr
Public schools$5,965
Union County$2,790
Town of Summit$2,664
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 21.6%

13%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
17 BEEKMAN TERR2026-04$1,160,0001,31727.6%
80 GLENSIDE AVE2025-06$680,0001,68028.4%
14 HARVARD ST2025-05$979,0001,60528.5%
51 TULIP ST2025-07$1,460,0001,64823.6%
19 TULIP ST2025-11$700,0001,59342.5%
77 TULIP ST2025-11$875,0001,49633.3%
147 CANOE BROOK PKWY2025-11$1,700,0002,02121.5%
25 CLARK ST2025-08$1,250,0001,91415.4%
14 CHAPEL ST2025-06$1,150,0001,88520.8%
170 CANOE BROOK PKWY2026-03$1,500,0001,73923.6%
16 FAIRVIEW AVE2026-05$1,415,0001,53624.3%
28 SHUNPIKE RD2026-03$851,0001,58433.1%

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