The Fair Share Report

21 Third St

Wharton, NJ 07885

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

≈ $359,851

Likely range $315,854 – $401,629, from 12 comparable Wharton sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

92.46%

The state's official measure of how far Wharton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $359,851 home should be assessed near $332,718.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$305,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $27,118 below what the ratio math suggests (8.2%).

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

$2.606 per $100 assessed

$1.736 Schools · 67% $0.250 County · 10% $0.620 Town · 24%

This home's own bill implies $2.493 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$7,618/yr
Public schools$5,074
Morris County$731
Town of Wharton$1,812
Wharton average$10,081

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

Town median 84.5%
This home · 84.9%

63%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wharton'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
37 GARDEN AVE2026-01$460,0001,08368.3%
52 W UNION TPKE2026-02$285,00091292.9%
36 KITCHELL AVE2026-04$500,0001,29283.1%
20 E CLARENCE ST2025-03$525,0001,45479.6%
14 OAK LN2026-03$535,0001,43674.4%
9 KITCHELL AVE2025-04$450,0001,59388.3%
66 W CENTRAL AVE2025-04$530,0001,34075.8%
40 IRONDALE RD2025-01$451,0001,47185.8%
1593 TOP SIDE2025-01$341,00090599.0%
1487 TOP SIDE2025-04$374,0001,17831.7%
23155 WEST VIEW2026-03$416,0001,17884.5%
22146 WEST VIEW2025-04$405,0001,17892.0%

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