The Fair Share Report

16 Eighth Ave

Monroe, NJ 08831

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

≈ $932,976

Likely range $780,693 – $983,037, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,784 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

53.87%

The state's official measure of how far Monroe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $932,976 home should be assessed near $502,594.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$374,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $128,094 below what the ratio math suggests (25.5%).

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

$2.740 per $100 assessed

$1.535 Schools · 56% $0.608 County · 22% $0.596 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,364/yr
Public schools$5,808
Middlesex County$2,301
Town of Monroe$2,255
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 40.1%

22%67%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Monroe'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
111 APPLEGATE AVENUE2025-12$800,0003,09652.3%
675A YARBOROUGH WAY SOUTH2026-04$541,0002,68243.1%
15 ROSEWOOD LANE2026-05$750,0002,33948.4%
21 TANGLEWOOD PLACE2025-07$1,030,0002,91755.9%
415 SPOTSWD-ENGTWN RD.2025-11$825,0002,94265.9%
39 EVERGREEN TERRACE2025-08$775,0002,25845.8%
15 ANDERSON AVENUE2025-10$900,0002,65255.3%
6 ELLIOT DRIVE2025-12$855,0002,66761.4%
1 WESTBORO LANE2026-01$540,0002,88653.6%
36 EVERGREEN TERRACE2025-04$805,0002,24846.5%
18 NORTH RHODA STREET2025-12$820,0002,25846.8%
20 TALMADGE DRIVE2026-01$1,050,0003,05547.0%

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