The Fair Share Report

2 Keep St

Madison, NJ 07940

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

≈ $987,224

Likely range $859,264 – $1,232,739, from 12 comparable Madison sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,830 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.22%

The state's official measure of how far Madison assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $987,224 home should be assessed near $594,506.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$582,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $12,306 below what the ratio math suggests (2.1%).

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

$2.254 per $100 assessed

$1.423 Schools · 63% $0.350 County · 16% $0.481 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,123/yr
Public schools$8,285
Morris County$2,038
Town of Madison$2,800
Madison average$15,897

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

Town median 55.4%
This home · 59.0%

41%77%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Madison'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
5 LEE AVE2025-06$1,387,0002,05944.3%
7 LEE AVE2026-01$1,160,0001,73752.0%
53 HIGHLAND AVE2026-01$875,0001,87659.2%
3 DURWOOD PL2026-02$740,0001,57666.2%
18 HILLCREST RD2026-01$1,375,0001,85656.8%
95 PARK AVE2025-06$650,0002,06555.3%
4 FAIRWOOD RD2026-02$875,0002,18473.8%
13 LONGVIEW AVE2025-05$1,011,5001,87559.0%
150 CENTRAL AVE2025-09$1,050,0002,10056.6%
60 SHADYLAWN DR2025-03$911,0001,60647.4%
108 GREENWOOD AVE2026-05$1,250,0001,85340.9%
6 VALLEY RD2025-04$1,225,0001,86449.9%

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