The Fair Share Report

21 Burning Tree La

Upper, NJ 08223

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

≈ $556,976

Likely range $482,282 – $599,695, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $556,976 home should be assessed near $315,527.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$349,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,273 above what the ratio math suggests (10.9%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,451/yr
Public schools$6,051
Cape May County$1,215
Town of Upper$1,185
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 62.8%

36%79%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper'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
10 WILLIAMS WAY2026-05$485,0002,07461.2%
3 BEESLEYS PL2026-05$445,0001,95056.2%
12 ASHCROFT AVE2026-01$553,0001,94350.1%
145 ALLENDALE RD2026-03$640,0002,25854.4%
90 SCHOOL HOUSE LA2025-05$495,0001,84546.6%
656 STAGECOACH RD2025-05$610,0001,91441.6%
22 RED CLOVER DR2026-06$640,0002,22050.1%
705 RT US 9 SO2026-01$499,9001,85047.6%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282026-03$550,0002,00252.2%
1731 RT US 9 SO #252026-03$519,0002,00255.3%
1731 RT US 9 SO #412025-07$480,0002,00262.4%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282025-06$525,0002,00254.6%

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