The Fair Share Report

2 Post St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $634,678

Likely range $585,648 – $675,043, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,970 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $634,678 home should be assessed near $373,191.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$324,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $48,791 below what the ratio math suggests (13.1%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,232/yr
Public schools$7,749
Somerset County$1,791
Town of Somerville$3,693
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 51.1%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
54 PROSPECT ST2025-03$780,0001,99348.1%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
110 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-03$555,0001,78450.9%
20 SPEER ST2025-11$539,0002,05651.1%
19 CATALINA DR2025-01$580,0001,95152.4%
56 FIELDSTONE DRIVE2025-10$635,0001,97149.0%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%
69 FAIRMONT AVE2025-06$436,0002,11073.9%
147 E SPRING ST2025-03$605,0001,56843.6%
113 N ADAMSVILLE RD2025-09$740,0002,18554.1%

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