The Fair Share Report

23 Farmbrook 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

≈ $816,413

Likely range $786,578 – $880,428, 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 $816,413 home should be assessed near $488,378.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$448,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $39,878 below what the ratio math suggests (8.2%).

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

$16,451/yr
Public schools$10,596
Sussex County$2,799
Town of Sparta$3,055
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 54.9%

39%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
14 SENECA LAKE TERR2026-05$791,0002,88452.4%
10 MILL CREEK RD2025-03$827,50049.2%
2 MILL CREEK RD2025-10$840,0002,85746.6%
7 SCHINDLER DR2025-07$885,0002,73249.2%
4 BEL AIR DR2025-07$815,0002,88051.1%
10 LINKS CT2025-08$910,0002,91449.9%
26 HIDDEN GLEN DR2025-04$907,0003,20450.3%
12 HAYWARD RD2025-08$807,5003,24450.7%
3 WHISPERING WOODS LN2025-01$770,0002,79051.7%
7 BUTTERNUT WAY2025-04$880,0002,91446.1%
4 LINDSAY LN2025-09$870,0003,25456.9%
10 COTTONWOOD TRL2025-08$840,0002,67249.7%

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