The Fair Share Report

244 Third St

Dunellen, NJ 08812

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Dunellen's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $463,750

Likely range $387,736 – $525,463, 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 $463,750 home should be assessed near $449,930.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$465,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $15,370 above what the ratio math suggests (3.4%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $2.248 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,460/yr
Public schools$6,029
Middlesex County$1,508
Town of Dunellen$2,923
Dunellen average$11,299

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

Town median 98.9%
This home · 100.3%

76%125%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
500 SECOND ST2026-05$442,0001,368108.5%
117 PEARL PL2025-02$547,0001,45897.8%
419 DUNELLEN AVE2026-03$475,0001,76499.6%
137 THIRD ST2026-01$485,0001,75096.0%
128 FIRST ST2026-02$440,0001,46399.8%
1790 WEST 4TH ST2025-04$360,0001,479123.9%
820 FRONT ST2026-01$375,0001,856113.3%
401 SANFORD AVE2025-03$405,0001,632118.5%
713 FIRST ST2026-04$475,0001,984104.1%
405 MADISON AVE2026-02$510,0001,63297.1%
305 HIGH ST2025-04$520,0001,49696.2%
250 WALNUT ST2025-01$450,0001,28498.9%

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