The Fair Share Report

23 Decou Ave

Ewing, NJ 08628

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 Ewing's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $315,250

Likely range $238,964 – $342,643, from 12 comparable Ewing sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

63.20%

The state's official measure of how far Ewing assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $315,250 home should be assessed near $199,238.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$176,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $22,638 below what the ratio math suggests (11.4%).

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

$4.051 per $100 assessed

$2.100 Schools · 52% $0.894 County · 22% $1.057 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,154/yr
Public schools$3,709
Mercer County$1,579
Town of Ewing$1,867
Ewing average$8,367

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

Town median 55.0%
This home · 56.0%

39%79%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
99 PENNWOOD DR2025-03$170,0001,250101.9%
18 DIXFIELD AVE2025-10$180,0001,26990.1%
1003 TERRACE BLVD2025-01$242,0001,21279.6%
53 FARRELL AVE2025-01$330,0001,26046.4%
20 ROCKLAND RD2026-03$240,0001,22092.3%
161 FRANKLYN RD2026-01$357,9001,30845.9%
23 W UPPER FERRY RD2025-03$299,9001,23861.8%
24 GLEN STEWART DR2026-04$290,0001,12064.9%
1700 FIFTH ST2025-05$260,0001,28152.0%
33 SHERBROOKE RD2026-04$325,0001,33663.9%
9 WESTON RD2026-05$382,0001,15237.3%
21 DECOU AVE2025-12$420,0001,11644.6%

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