The Fair Share Report

235 New Jersey Ave

Downe, NJ 08321

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

≈ $230,000

Likely range $175,000 – $445,000, from 9 comparable Downe sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

78.40%

The state's official measure of how far Downe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $230,000 home should be assessed near $180,320.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$156,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $23,420 below what the ratio math suggests (13.0%).

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

$2.931 per $100 assessed

$1.454 Schools · 50% $1.070 County · 37% $0.407 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,989/yr
Public schools$2,475
Cumberland County$1,821
Town of Downe$693
Downe average$4,274

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

Town median 67.3%
This home · 68.2%

30%107%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Downe'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
208 PENNSYLVANIA AVE2025-05$180,00082.8%
250 COVE RD2025-02$295,0001,260101.5%
293 COVE RD2025-06$230,00050561.4%
98 DELAWARE AVE2026-05$475,00032.8%
227 NEW JERSEY AVE2025-06$175,00067.3%
115 DELAWARE AVE2025-07$140,000100.0%
102 GARRISON AVE2026-04$164,50074.6%
248 COVE RD2025-07$445,0001,56849.6%
256 COVE RD2025-06$290,00086497.5%

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