The Fair Share Report

199 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

≈ $468,129

Likely range $391,817 – $574,598, 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 $468,129 home should be assessed near $280,035.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$226,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $53,835 below what the ratio math suggests (19.2%).

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

$8,297/yr
Public schools$5,344
Sussex County$1,412
Town of Sparta$1,541
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 48.3%

34%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
43 HILLTOP TRL2025-11$360,0001,46070.1%
28 OAKWOOD TRL2025-08$542,0001,35248.7%
547 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$540,0001,32053.5%
512 WEST SHORE TRL2025-11$970,0001,33744.9%
381 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-12$490,0001,36454.2%
18 SENECA TRL2025-08$435,0001,47456.3%
7 HILLTOP TRL2026-01$405,0001,18853.1%
1 SHAWNEE TRL2025-06$500,0001,45946.6%
21 SPRINGBROOK TRL2026-02$510,0001,38243.8%
13 WALLKILL RD2025-10$560,0001,36246.9%
11 OAK TREE LN2025-07$400,0001,18644.9%
65 LAKE SHORE DR2025-07$420,0001,29658.0%

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