The Fair Share Report

202 E High St

Somerville, NJ 08008

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

≈ $559,000

Likely range $500,000 – $740,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

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 $559,000 home should be assessed near $328,692.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$323,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $5,592 below what the ratio math suggests (1.7%).

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

$13,179/yr
Public schools$7,718
Somerset County$1,784
Town of Somerville$3,678
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 57.8%

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
185 E HIGH ST2026-06$740,0002,43447.4%
185 E HIGH ST2025-07$474,4002,43473.9%
115 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-05$555,0002,41842.8%
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%
90-92 W CLIFF ST2025-02$500,0002,75861.4%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%
25 W SPRING ST2025-10$615,0001,44442.6%
33 WASHINGTON PL2025-01$585,0001,79445.8%
183 W CLIFF ST2025-05$500,0001,96148.7%
42 EASTERN AVE2025-04$675,0001,34442.7%

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