The Fair Share Report

205 Walnut St

Middlesex, NJ 08846

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

≈ $698,386

Likely range $553,155 – $796,096, from 12 comparable Middlesex sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.52%

The state's official measure of how far Middlesex assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $698,386 home should be assessed near $681,066.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$672,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,966 below what the ratio math suggests (1.3%).

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

$2.119 per $100 assessed

$1.137 Schools · 54% $0.340 County · 16% $0.643 Town · 30%

Step 5 · The bill

$14,424/yr
Public schools$7,736
Middlesex County$2,313
Town of Middlesex$4,375
Middlesex average$10,237

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

Town median 97.6%
This home · 96.2%

77%127%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Middlesex'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
12 RUTHERFORD CT2025-01$700,0002,50897.3%
5 WILTON AVE2026-05$425,0002,188119.2%
31 SHEARN DR2026-03$480,0002,256120.7%
5 WELLS PLACE2026-01$685,0002,37291.9%
124 CINDY COURT2026-02$565,0002,660100.7%
5 KALMAN CT2025-06$655,0001,90490.1%
420 SENECA AVE2025-01$575,0002,10098.3%
139 LEE DR2026-06$589,9002,50082.2%
38 WARRENVILLE RD2026-02$575,0001,836100.8%
7 WEISS DR2026-02$660,0002,01675.6%
18 GARDEN PL2026-01$720,0002,25897.4%
202-204 WILTON AVE2025-05$600,0001,92098.8%

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