The Fair Share Report

191 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

≈ $385,309

Likely range $354,631 – $420,038, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 883 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 $385,309 home should be assessed near $230,492.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$205,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $25,492 below what the ratio math suggests (11.1%).

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

$7,519/yr
Public schools$4,843
Sussex County$1,280
Town of Sparta$1,396
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 53.2%

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
29 BEECH RD2025-07$347,00086441.6%
76 HILLSIDE RD2026-02$402,00091351.7%
72 SPRINGBROOK TRL2025-11$411,00086453.8%
112 HILLTOP TRL2025-02$325,00080056.9%
425 WEST SHORE TRL2025-02$489,00095244.9%
54 HILLSIDE RD2026-04$465,00098645.3%
21 OAK TREE LN2025-02$360,00082540.4%
123 HILLTOP TRL2025-02$425,00081042.7%
139 HILLTOP TRL2025-01$400,0011,04851.0%
249 WEST SHORE TRL2025-09$450,00084547.2%
190 WEST SHORE TRL2026-03$225,0001,03867.7%
5 LINCOLN DR2025-06$390,0001,00838.4%

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