The Fair Share Report

17 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

≈ $645,000

Likely range $510,000 – $730,000, 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 $645,000 home should be assessed near $379,260.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$275,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $103,560 below what the ratio math suggests (27.3%).

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

$11,246/yr
Public schools$6,585
Somerset County$1,522
Town of Somerville$3,138
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 42.7%

32%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
25 N DOUGHTY AVE2025-07$730,0001,79840.1%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
25 W SPRING ST2025-10$615,0001,44442.6%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%
22 E BROWN ST2026-05$645,0001,49745.8%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
21 GRANT AVENUE2026-01$815,0002,34046.4%
113 N ADAMSVILLE RD2025-09$740,0002,18554.1%
96 CORNELL BLVD2025-10$400,00096055.3%
54 MERCER ST2025-07$675,0001,63345.9%

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