The Fair Share Report

20 Downs Ave

Wharton, NJ 07885

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

≈ $487,500

Likely range $432,603 – $560,625, from 12 comparable Wharton sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

92.46%

The state's official measure of how far Wharton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $487,500 home should be assessed near $450,743.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$404,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,843 below what the ratio math suggests (10.2%).

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

$2.606 per $100 assessed

$1.736 Schools · 67% $0.250 County · 10% $0.620 Town · 24%

This home's own bill implies $2.490 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,082/yr
Public schools$6,716
Morris County$967
Town of Wharton$2,399
Wharton average$10,081

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

Town median 84.5%
This home · 83.1%

63%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wharton'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 E CENTRAL AVE2026-05$474,0001,51269.9%
152 PRINCETON AVE2025-03$575,0001,60062.3%
20 E CLARENCE ST2025-03$525,0001,45479.6%
14 OAK LN2026-03$535,0001,43674.4%
40 IRONDALE RD2025-01$451,0001,47185.8%
112 FERN AVE2026-01$400,0001,39293.3%
9 KITCHELL AVE2025-04$450,0001,59388.3%
33 MEADOW AVE2026-04$600,0002,01183.4%
34 W DEWEY AVE2025-03$515,0001,85485.2%
12 ATLANTA PL2025-02$505,0001,36683.8%
160 E CENTRAL AVE2025-01$500,0001,36684.7%
36 KITCHELL AVE2026-04$500,0001,29283.1%

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