The Fair Share Report

17 Second St

Barnegat, NJ 08005

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

≈ $625,191

Likely range $597,086 – $666,509, from 12 comparable Barnegat sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,322 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

55.17%

The state's official measure of how far Barnegat assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $625,191 home should be assessed near $344,918.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$323,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $21,018 below what the ratio math suggests (6.1%).

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

$3.082 per $100 assessed

$1.527 Schools · 50% $0.562 County · 18% $0.993 Town · 32%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,986/yr
Public schools$4,948
Ocean County$1,821
Town of Barnegat$3,217
Barnegat average$7,607

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

Town median 48.5%
This home · 51.8%

35%69%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Barnegat'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
5 FIFTH ST2025-02$542,0002,47661.9%
174 PENNSYLVANIA AVE2025-01$655,0002,47650.8%
15 HANNAH LEE RD2025-08$640,0002,21149.4%
46 RAVENWOOD BLVD2025-11$625,0002,27448.5%
17 HANNAH LEE RD2025-05$650,0002,23349.8%
69 FREEDOM HILLS DRIVE2025-03$610,0002,17750.1%
22 HANNAH LEE RD2025-07$623,0002,21148.8%
19 JANELLE DR2025-09$650,0002,49153.4%
12 JON DR2025-07$640,0002,37752.0%
116 ROCKRIMMON BLVD2025-10$612,5002,28361.2%
19 HILLSIDE AVE2025-06$633,0002,51050.6%
15 BENJAMIN CT2026-03$637,0002,12054.7%

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