The Fair Share Report

24 Wallkill Rd

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

≈ $428,451

Likely range $406,204 – $659,639, 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 $428,451 home should be assessed near $256,299.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$248,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $7,999 below what the ratio math suggests (3.1%).

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

$9,108/yr
Public schools$5,866
Sussex County$1,550
Town of Sparta$1,691
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 58.0%

32%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
44 HILLSIDE RD2025-07$488,00051.1%
6 SHAWNEE TRL2026-01$447,7701,66055.5%
88 SUMMIT RD2025-07$445,0001,60052.3%
13 WALLKILL RD2025-10$560,0001,36246.9%
241 ALPINE TRL2025-12$420,0001,49155.1%
86 SUMMIT RD2025-08$600,0001,71645.9%
99 SUMMIT RD2025-06$705,0001,39238.9%
21 SPRINGBROOK TRL2026-02$510,0001,38243.8%
46 SHAWNEE TRL2026-06$350,0011,30064.9%
7 BALSAM PKWY2025-03$1,300,0001,65340.4%
39 HEIGHWOOD TRL2026-03$600,0001,73151.9%
43 HILLTOP TRL2025-11$360,0001,46070.1%

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