The Fair Share Report

238 Second St

Dunellen, NJ 08812

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

≈ $497,065

Likely range $455,403 – $568,447, from 12 comparable Dunellen sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.02%

The state's official measure of how far Dunellen assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $497,065 home should be assessed near $482,252.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$480,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $1,352 below what the ratio math suggests (0.3%).

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

$2.448 per $100 assessed

$1.411 Schools · 58% $0.353 County · 14% $0.684 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,772/yr
Public schools$6,785
Middlesex County$1,698
Town of Dunellen$3,289
Dunellen average$11,299

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

Town median 98.9%
This home · 96.7%

76%124%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Dunellen'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
426 DUNELLEN AVE2025-02$439,0001,376100.2%
325 ORANGE ST2025-03$349,7601,666117.5%
220 FIRST ST2026-04$516,0001,51879.9%
128 FIRST ST2026-02$440,0001,46399.8%
405 MADISON AVE2026-02$510,0001,63297.1%
1790 WEST 4TH ST2025-04$360,0001,479123.9%
323 OAK PARKWAY2026-01$480,0001,31198.9%
305 HIGH ST2025-04$520,0001,49696.2%
117 PEARL PL2025-02$547,0001,45897.8%
241 ORANGE ST2026-05$555,0001,87281.0%
310 SANFORD AVE2026-03$455,0001,272101.8%
401 SANFORD AVE2025-03$405,0001,632118.5%

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