The Fair Share Report

21 Champlain Ter

Montclair, NJ 07042

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

≈ $1,008,563

Likely range $825,195 – $1,122,886, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,008,563 home should be assessed near $567,418.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$548,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,218 below what the ratio math suggests (3.4%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$19,275/yr
Public schools$11,068
Essex County$3,152
Town of Montclair$5,054
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 54.4%

33%72%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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 KENNETH ROAD2025-08$1,050,0001,71653.6%
4 STONEHENGE ROAD2025-05$999,0001,91755.9%
153 ALEXANDER AVENUE2025-04$1,400,0001,81446.2%
27 NASSAU ROAD2025-06$1,000,0001,79657.2%
5 FRANKLIN AVENUE2026-01$610,0001,82957.5%
12 BRUCE ROAD2025-06$1,100,0001,83058.1%
8 LANE COURT2025-06$1,100,0001,77646.1%
8 LANE COURT2025-03$999,0001,77650.8%
601 UP. MOUNTAIN AVENUE2025-02$1,110,7991,81251.4%
166 LINCOLN STREET2025-09$707,5001,92049.1%
5 KENNETH ROAD2025-07$999,9992,07760.9%
5 CANTERBURY DRIVE2026-04$1,025,0001,90837.2%

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