The Fair Share Report

226 E Second St

Bound Brook, NJ 08805

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Bound Brook's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $357,872

Likely range $320,335 – $421,006, from 12 comparable Bound Brook sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

93.26%

The state's official measure of how far Bound Brook assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $357,872 home should be assessed near $333,751.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$296,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $37,251 below what the ratio math suggests (11.2%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Bound Brook home

$2.206 per $100 assessed

$1.107 Schools · 50% $0.345 County · 16% $0.753 Town · 34%

This home's own bill implies $2.120 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$6,286/yr
Public schools$3,156
Somerset County$983
Town of Bound Brook$2,146
Bound Brook average$9,877

This home vs. every recent Bound Brook sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 93.6%
This home · 82.9%

65%111%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
283 WEST MAIN STREET2025-02$293,0001,20494.9%
529 EAST SECOND STREET2025-04$410,0001,44096.5%
112 EAST STREET2026-03$465,0001,12877.8%
162 LINDEN AVENUE2026-03$379,9001,250101.2%
110 JOHN STREET2025-06$490,0001,392101.6%
160 LINDEN AVENUE2025-05$450,0001,34087.8%
44 ROMNEY ROAD2025-03$300,0001,040109.4%
687 CRESCENT DRIVE2026-03$350,00099294.4%
652 CRESCENT DRIVE2025-01$285,0001,048114.2%
615 THOMPSON AVENUE2025-04$330,00092893.6%
641 CRESCENT DRIVE2026-01$325,0001,048105.4%
513 GROVE AVENUE2025-05$450,0001,23394.0%

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