The Fair Share Report

176 Springbrook Tr

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $321,569

Likely range $274,625 – $352,083, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 676 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $321,569 home should be assessed near $192,363.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$233,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $41,237 above what the ratio math suggests (21.4%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,568/yr
Public schools$5,519
Sussex County$1,458
Town of Sparta$1,591
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 72.6%

39%91%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Sparta, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (68.79%).

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
12 AFTERGLOW RD2025-08$440,00049.9%
29 OAK TREE LN2026-06$375,00072036.1%
29 OAK TREE LN2025-04$232,00072058.3%
146 HILLSIDE RD2026-01$460,00075044.5%
146 HILLSIDE RD2025-04$390,00075052.5%
269 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-10$170,000680107.8%
285 HOUSES CORNER RD2025-02$331,50080040.6%
112 HILLTOP TRL2025-02$325,00080056.9%
26 PARK RD2025-08$640,00052.4%
19 EAST SHORE TRL2025-08$604,00096234.7%
69 CARRIAGE LN2025-01$318,00070248.0%
72 SPRINGBROOK TRL2025-11$411,00086453.8%

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