The Fair Share Report

173 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 $462,000 – $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

$241,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $85,369 below what the ratio math suggests (26.1%).

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

$9,851/yr
Public schools$5,768
Somerset County$1,333
Town of Somerville$2,749
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 43.4%

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%
18 S CLARK AVE2025-09$421,0001,41148.8%
75 N AUTEN AVE2026-06$709,5001,57540.5%
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
102 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-05$601,0001,18043.2%
110 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-03$555,0001,78450.9%
126 N RICHARDS AVE2026-01$375,0001,00867.0%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%
18 RIVIERA DR2025-10$420,0001,09058.6%
10 HAYNES ST2025-06$555,9001,19444.3%

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