The Fair Share Report

20 Codington Pl

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

≈ $668,252

Likely range $544,676 – $790,620, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,270 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 $668,252 home should be assessed near $392,932.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$281,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $111,332 below what the ratio math suggests (28.3%).

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

$11,486/yr
Public schools$6,726
Somerset County$1,555
Town of Somerville$3,205
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 42.1%

30%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
104 W HIGH ST2026-04$650,0002,20835.6%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%
113 N ADAMSVILLE RD2025-09$740,0002,18554.1%
484 E MAIN ST2026-02$615,0002,28254.2%
21 GRANT AVENUE2026-01$815,0002,34046.4%
99 EASTERN AVE2025-03$415,0001,79263.5%
17-19 N CLARK AVE2026-06$695,0001,85639.0%
115 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-05$555,0002,41842.8%
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
20 SPEER ST2025-11$539,0002,05651.1%
25 N DOUGHTY AVE2025-07$730,0001,79840.1%

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