The Fair Share Report

19 Farmbrook Rd

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

≈ $846,458

Likely range $807,838 – $929,146, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $846,458 home should be assessed near $506,351.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$503,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $3,251 below what the ratio math suggests (0.6%).

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

$18,454/yr
Public schools$11,886
Sussex County$3,140
Town of Sparta$3,427
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 59.4%

39%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
2 STARRETT CT2025-03$839,0003,54261.0%
26 HIDDEN GLEN DR2025-04$907,0003,20450.3%
5 PHEASANT WALK2026-05$975,0003,36149.4%
12 HAYWARD RD2025-08$807,5003,24450.7%
376 STANHOPE RD2026-03$745,0003,38452.8%
4 LINDSAY LN2025-09$870,0003,25456.9%
10 MILL CREEK RD2025-03$827,50049.2%
2 MALIBU DR2025-08$825,0003,39061.9%
36 WESTBURY DR2026-05$875,0003,34156.2%
14 SENECA LAKE TERR2026-05$791,0002,88452.4%
47 DEIRE DR2026-06$825,0003,47462.6%
59 HIDDEN GLEN DR2025-12$990,0003,65151.9%

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