The Fair Share Report

23 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

≈ $486,856

Likely range $460,624 – $555,799, 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 $486,856 home should be assessed near $291,237.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$251,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $39,937 below what the ratio math suggests (13.7%).

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

$9,218/yr
Public schools$5,937
Sussex County$1,569
Town of Sparta$1,712
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 51.6%

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
97 SPRINGBROOK TRL2026-03$485,0001,56850.6%
17 INDIAN TRL2025-12$400,0001,64677.6%
241 ALPINE TRL2025-12$420,0001,49155.1%
137 HILLSIDE RD2025-09$505,0001,68846.9%
88 SUMMIT RD2025-07$445,0001,60052.3%
97 EAST SHORE TRL2025-07$552,0001,60247.2%
21 HEIGHWOOD TRL2025-07$499,0001,61658.8%
18 SENECA TRL2025-08$435,0001,47456.3%
23 EAST SHORE TRL2025-12$485,0001,53253.5%
39 HEIGHWOOD TRL2026-03$600,0001,73151.9%
28 OAKWOOD TRL2025-08$542,0001,35248.7%
64 HILLTOP TRL2026-03$380,0001,27062.8%

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