The Fair Share Report

2 Paddock Pl

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

≈ $885,451

Likely range $820,894 – $943,585, 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 $885,451 home should be assessed near $529,677.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$521,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,577 below what the ratio math suggests (1.6%).

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

$19,114/yr
Public schools$12,312
Sussex County$3,253
Town of Sparta$3,550
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 58.9%

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
9 KING ALEX CT2025-07$830,0003,27859.3%
47 DEIRE DR2026-06$825,0003,47462.6%
2 STARRETT CT2025-03$839,0003,54261.0%
36 WESTBURY DR2026-05$875,0003,34156.2%
77 WESTGATE DR2025-07$890,0003,26859.0%
77 WESTGATE DR2025-02$860,0003,26861.0%
4 LINDSAY LN2025-09$870,0003,25456.9%
43 RICHMOND HILL DR2025-09$889,0003,59253.3%
33 BEL AIR DR2025-09$830,0003,43252.4%
12 HAYWARD RD2025-08$807,5003,24450.7%
200 SAWMILL RD2025-05$740,0003,32656.8%
59 HIDDEN GLEN DR2025-12$990,0003,65151.9%

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