The Fair Share Report

166 E Spring St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $555,900

Likely range $480,200 – $605,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $555,900 home should be assessed near $326,869.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$317,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $9,469 below what the ratio math suggests (2.9%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,947/yr
Public schools$7,581
Somerset County$1,752
Town of Somerville$3,613
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 57.1%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
147 E SPRING ST2025-03$605,0001,56843.6%
11 HAYNES ST2025-07$480,2001,04044.9%
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
18 S CLARK AVE2025-09$421,0001,41148.8%
75 N AUTEN AVE2026-06$709,5001,57540.5%
102 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-05$601,0001,18043.2%
95 SOUTHSIDE AVE2026-06$499,5501,47450.1%
110 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-03$555,0001,78450.9%
126 N RICHARDS AVE2026-01$375,0001,00867.0%
68 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$550,0002,60561.7%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%

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