The Fair Share Report

239 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

≈ $475,000

Likely range $375,000 – $550,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

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 $475,000 home should be assessed near $279,300.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$244,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,900 below what the ratio math suggests (12.5%).

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

$9,969/yr
Public schools$5,838
Somerset County$1,349
Town of Somerville$2,782
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 51.5%

34%73%

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
36 S BRIDGE ST2026-05$550,0001,98044.0%
51 CENTER ST2025-08$415,0001,53147.5%
133 EASTERN AVE2025-05$505,0001,21047.2%
113 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$375,0001,17454.6%
106 VETERANS MEMORIAL D E2025-10$180,0001,13651.3%
62 S BRIDGE ST2025-02$550,0002,77646.2%
48 SECOND ST2025-12$320,0001,24449.7%
22 HAMILTON ST2026-06$520,0001,21034.1%
9 PARK AVE2026-05$475,00097252.9%
25 CENTRAL AVE2025-07$480,0001,56140.1%
161 E CLIFF ST2025-02$475,0001,03247.6%
99 EASTERN AVE2025-03$415,0001,79263.5%

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