The Fair Share Report

25 Maple Ave

Mendham, NJ 07945

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

≈ $607,729

Likely range $484,853 – $706,034, from 12 comparable Mendham sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,092 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.81%

The state's official measure of how far Mendham assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $607,729 home should be assessed near $436,410.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$371,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $64,710 below what the ratio math suggests (14.8%).

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

$2.526 per $100 assessed

$1.661 Schools · 66% $0.302 County · 12% $0.563 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,389/yr
Public schools$6,174
Morris County$1,123
Town of Mendham$2,093
Mendham average$17,555

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 61.2%

43%88%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mendham'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
2 ASTER TER2026-06$750,0001,16045.3%
3 BIRCH ST2026-02$999,0001,37246.1%
5 COUNTRY LN2025-08$750,0001,23860.2%
10 EMERY AVE2025-11$656,00094258.9%
6 EMERY AVE2025-07$575,0001,54766.8%
49 W MAIN ST2025-07$699,0001,25653.8%
120 MOUNTAINSIDE RD2026-01$835,0001,09257.8%
81 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-06$785,0001,76853.7%
9 FLORIE FARM RD2025-03$1,112,0001,82451.8%
63 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-05$900,0001,80054.6%
40 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-04$610,0001,38669.8%
5 MAPLE AVE2025-10$769,0001,40253.3%

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