The Fair Share Report

18 Wright St

Newark, NJ 07114

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

≈ $520,774

Likely range $439,818 – $679,639, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $520,774 home should be assessed near $211,903.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$205,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $6,203 below what the ratio math suggests (2.9%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,226/yr
Public schools$2,390
Essex County$1,068
Town of Newark$4,768
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 39.5%

18%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
181 THOMAS ST2025-08$910,0002.3%
5 ELM ST2025-09$900,0002,20838.9%
69 COLUMBIA ST2026-02$450,0002,26829.3%
25 ROWLAND ST2026-03$485,0002,35030.9%
171 MT PROSPECT AVE2025-05$505,0002,27342.8%
146 ADAMS ST2025-07$700,0002,42827.8%
81 COLUMBIA ST2026-05$650,0002,36423.2%
90 JABEZ ST2025-10$620,0002,08840.6%
163 GARSIDE ST2026-04$395,0002,38230.5%
80- 4TH AVE2025-02$500,0002,36635.9%
289 ML KING BLVD2025-08$400,0002,19630.9%
11 WARREN ST2025-02$405,0002,07432.0%

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