The Fair Share Report

232 Demarest 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

≈ $796,495

Likely range $753,032 – $857,580, 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 $796,495 home should be assessed near $476,463.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$431,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,063 below what the ratio math suggests (9.5%).

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

$15,824/yr
Public schools$10,192
Sussex County$2,693
Town of Sparta$2,939
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 54.2%

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
7 LINKS CT2025-07$870,0002,66651.5%
1 BRENTWOOD CT2025-11$780,0002,81050.7%
10 MT PLEASANT RD2026-04$915,0003,16747.9%
77 WESTGATE DR2025-07$890,0003,26859.0%
77 WESTGATE DR2025-02$860,0003,26861.0%
3 MT PLEASANT RD2025-07$870,0002,74049.1%
2 MILL CREEK RD2025-10$840,0002,85746.6%
16 MAIN ST UNIT D62026-06$405,0002,55054.3%
3 WHISPERING WOODS LN2025-01$770,0002,79051.7%
348 WEST MOUNTAIN RD2025-11$525,0002,80474.6%
9 KING ALEX CT2025-07$830,0003,27859.3%
14 SENECA LAKE TERR2026-05$791,0002,88452.4%

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