The Fair Share Report

237 E High St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $486,502

Likely range $351,300 – $540,893, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,296 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $486,502 home should be assessed near $286,063.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$242,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $43,463 below what the ratio math suggests (15.2%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,896/yr
Public schools$5,795
Somerset County$1,339
Town of Somerville$2,761
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 49.9%

34%75%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
133 EASTERN AVE2025-05$505,0001,21047.2%
113 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$375,0001,17454.6%
48 SECOND ST2025-12$320,0001,24449.7%
51 CENTER ST2025-08$415,0001,53147.5%
21 W SPRING ST2025-03$485,0001,29253.9%
27 SECOND ST2026-03$380,0001,38049.9%
164 E HIGH ST2026-06$402,0001,21058.9%
224 E CLIFF ST2025-10$509,0001,35254.5%
22 HAMILTON ST2026-06$520,0001,21034.1%
65 MERCER ST2025-03$510,0001,23947.9%
106 VETERANS MEMORIAL D E2025-10$180,0001,13651.3%
20 CAMMANN PL2026-03$465,0001,16049.1%

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