The Fair Share Report

232 Springbrook Tr

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

≈ $404,722

Likely range $338,426 – $500,528, 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 $404,722 home should be assessed near $242,105.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$214,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,105 below what the ratio math suggests (11.6%).

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

$7,850/yr
Public schools$5,056
Sussex County$1,336
Town of Sparta$1,458
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 52.9%

37%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
100 SIGNAL HILL TRL2025-03$370,0001,28354.0%
16 WILDCAT RD2025-03$215,0001,14084.4%
187 EAST SHORE TRL2026-05$375,0001,16560.5%
8 TYLER ST2025-09$560,0001,21247.7%
159 EAST SHORE TRL2026-05$489,0001,23254.4%
16 COLUMBUS RD2026-06$500,0001,45357.5%
141 HILLSIDE RD2025-11$585,0001,38843.0%
168 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$485,0001,23447.3%
65 LAKE SHORE DR2025-07$420,0001,29658.0%
21 GLEN RD2025-01$415,0001,43053.1%
8 SO WHITE BIRCH TERR2026-04$415,0001,02447.9%
3 HAYES LN2025-12$615,0001,34646.4%

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