The Fair Share Report

172 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

≈ $575,000

Likely range $495,000 – $651,000, 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 $575,000 home should be assessed near $338,100.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$269,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $68,200 below what the ratio math suggests (20.2%).

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

$11,066/yr
Public schools$6,480
Somerset County$1,498
Town of Somerville$3,088
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 46.9%

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
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
68 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$550,0002,60561.7%
11 HAYNES ST2025-07$480,2001,04044.9%
147 E SPRING ST2025-03$605,0001,56843.6%
95 SOUTHSIDE AVE2026-06$499,5501,47450.1%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%
18 S CLARK AVE2025-09$421,0001,41148.8%
210 WILLIAM ST2024-12$495,0001,18960.9%
54 PROSPECT ST2025-03$780,0001,99348.1%
126 N RICHARDS AVE2026-01$375,0001,00867.0%
34 STEELE AVE2025-12$699,0002,72460.5%
75 N AUTEN AVE2026-06$709,5001,57540.5%

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