The Fair Share Report

21 Wallkill Rd

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $541,499

Likely range $430,896 – $710,010, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $541,499 home should be assessed near $323,925.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$280,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $43,325 below what the ratio math suggests (13.4%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,292/yr
Public schools$6,630
Sussex County$1,751
Town of Sparta$1,911
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 51.8%

34%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
39 HEIGHWOOD TRL2026-03$600,0001,73151.9%
380 EAST SHORE TRL2026-01$525,0001,85052.3%
273 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$899,0002,01737.9%
7 BALSAM PKWY2025-03$1,300,0001,65340.4%
86 SUMMIT RD2025-08$600,0001,71645.9%
78 HUNTERS LN2025-12$445,0001,82658.2%
377 EAST SHORE TRL2026-02$529,0001,89950.3%
1 BALANCED ROCK TERR2025-07$763,0002,01641.1%
88 STANHOPE RD2026-03$480,0001,98847.2%
35 SUMMIT TRL2025-12$435,0001,92265.3%
137 HILLSIDE RD2025-09$505,0001,68846.9%
82 MAPLE PKWY2025-09$1,380,0001,78939.3%

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