The Fair Share Report

16 First 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

≈ $544,654

Likely range $278,603 – $581,716, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,392 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 $544,654 home should be assessed near $293,405.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$270,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $23,105 below what the ratio math suggests (7.9%).

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

$7,527/yr
Public schools$4,218
Middlesex County$1,671
Town of Monroe$1,638
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 49.6%

22%102%

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
18 DRAKE AVENUE2025-11$540,0001,39250.4%
45 TENTH AVENUE2026-02$580,0001,41651.7%
3 NORWOOD AVENUE2025-04$580,0001,41252.7%
108 APPLEGATE AVENUE2025-06$590,0001,39252.1%
5 NORWOOD AVE2025-11$565,0001,35250.7%
20 FIRST AVENUE2025-10$580,0001,35250.4%
19 EVERGREEN TERRACE2025-06$565,0001,35250.6%
35 DREXEL TERRACE2025-09$540,0001,35249.6%
56 EVERGREEN TERRACE2026-04$565,0001,44447.2%
217B MAYFLOWER WAY2026-05$279,0001,37424.1%
228A MANCHESTER LANE2025-08$275,0001,37426.1%
219A MANCHESTER LANE2025-02$240,0001,37428.3%

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