The Fair Share Report

22 Eastern Ave

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $614,907

Likely range $522,152 – $761,454, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,679 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $614,907 home should be assessed near $361,565.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$297,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $64,265 below what the ratio math suggests (17.8%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,127/yr
Public schools$7,101
Somerset County$1,641
Town of Somerville$3,384
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 48.3%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
331-333 WILLIAM ST2025-05$599,0002,91761.0%
148 DAVENPORT ST2025-10$739,0002,60034.9%
121 S BRIDGE ST2025-10$525,0002,90653.8%
41-43 WASHINGTON PL2025-05$850,0003,35548.9%
90-92 W CLIFF ST2025-02$500,0002,75861.4%
451 E MAIN ST2025-09$600,0002,06052.2%
62 S BRIDGE ST2025-02$550,0002,77646.2%
149 W CLIFF ST2026-02$660,0003,36048.4%
25 E CLIFF ST2025-02$290,0002,64472.3%
25 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-10$752,0002,26239.9%
20 THIRD ST2025-09$605,0002,15032.4%
132 E CLIFF ST2025-09$525,0001,98354.4%

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