The Fair Share Report

20 Farmbrook Rd

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

≈ $894,197

Likely range $855,818 – $979,696, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,613 sq ft.

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 $894,197 home should be assessed near $534,909.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$497,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $37,709 below what the ratio math suggests (7.0%).

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

$18,237/yr
Public schools$11,747
Sussex County$3,103
Town of Sparta$3,387
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 55.6%

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
59 HIDDEN GLEN DR2025-12$990,0003,65151.9%
43 RICHMOND HILL DR2025-09$889,0003,59253.3%
2 STARRETT CT2025-03$839,0003,54261.0%
6 MALIBU DR2026-03$930,0003,54548.5%
14 TIMBERLINE DR2025-07$915,0003,82054.1%
2 MALIBU DR2025-08$825,0003,39061.9%
5 PHEASANT WALK2026-05$975,0003,36149.4%
12 HAYWARD RD2025-08$807,5003,24450.7%
10 MILL CREEK RD2025-03$827,50049.2%
8 SUNRISE CT2025-01$653,0003,89282.1%
26 HIDDEN GLEN DR2025-04$907,0003,20450.3%
6 CRESTVIEW LN2025-11$810,0003,84960.9%

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