The Fair Share Report

172 Colonial Rd

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $928,822

Likely range $696,838 – $1,020,806, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,458 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $928,822 home should be assessed near $286,170.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$248,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $37,970 below what the ratio math suggests (13.3%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,097/yr
Public schools$5,797
Union County$2,711
Town of Summit$2,589
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 26.7%

16%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
127 BUTLER PKWY2026-02$890,5991,39824.3%
218 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$999,9991,49228.6%
19 TULIP ST2025-11$700,0001,59342.5%
10 WOODFERN RD2025-04$990,0001,41429.7%
28 SHUNPIKE RD2026-03$851,0001,58433.1%
53 MADISON AVE2025-07$1,150,0001,54421.3%
3 ROTARY DR2025-07$975,0001,44437.9%
55 HIGH ST2025-08$1,436,1351,50420.4%
31 BUTLER PKWY2025-12$890,5991,33424.6%
57 MICHIGAN AVE2025-09$715,0001,49627.9%
34 CLARK ST2025-11$700,0001,27424.4%
24 GREENFIELD AVENUE2025-11$869,0001,52228.0%

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