The Fair Share Report

20 Wright St

Newark, NJ 07114

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

≈ $390,816

Likely range $277,606 – $563,303, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,228 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $390,816 home should be assessed near $159,023.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$114,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,123 below what the ratio math suggests (27.7%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,595/yr
Public schools$1,335
Essex County$596
Town of Newark$2,663
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 29.4%

15%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
181 THOMAS ST2025-08$910,0002.3%
64 ELM RD2025-05$650,0001,26036.5%
112 GARSIDE ST2025-04$610,0001,17212.5%
102 S 14TH ST2025-12$320,0001,28042.8%
208 N 11TH ST2025-12$225,0001,17044.2%
46-A JAMES ST2025-08$401,0001,26029.6%
42- EMMET ST2025-01$305,0001,28049.0%
255 S 10TH ST2025-05$325,0001,23023.5%
41 EMMET ST2025-01$255,0001,12832.8%
683- MARKET ST2025-03$360,0001,08842.1%
232- E KINNEY ST2025-08$500,0001,09020.0%
336 MADISON AVE2025-12$442,2001,20939.4%

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