The Fair Share Report
253 Sinclair Pl
Westfield, NJ 07090
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 Westfield's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $1,500,857 – $1,942,182, from 12 comparable Westfield sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Westfield assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,704,489 home should be assessed near $1,235,414.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $10,614 below what the ratio math suggests (0.9%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Westfield home
$1.428 Schools · 62% $0.455 County · 20% $0.409 Town · 18%
Westfield also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $2.396 per $100 all-in (+$0.105).
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Westfield sale · assessed ÷ market
46%89%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 622 ST MARKS AVE | 2025-08 | $1,915,000 | 3,153 | 56.9% |
| 636 COLEMAN PL | 2025-06 | $1,850,000 | 3,158 | 54.0% |
| 310 EUCLID AVE N | 2025-09 | $1,450,000 | 3,118 | 58.7% |
| 834 SHACKAMAXON DRIVE | 2025-06 | $1,604,270 | 3,219 | 57.9% |
| 634 LENOX AVE | 2026-05 | $1,900,000 | 3,373 | 50.0% |
| 632 ARLINGTON AVE | 2025-05 | $2,051,000 | 3,153 | 51.9% |
| 224 CHESTNUT ST N | 2025-09 | $1,940,000 | 3,438 | 61.9% |
| 735 BELVIDERE AVE | 2026-05 | $1,750,000 | 3,230 | 48.5% |
| 508 CHESTNUT ST N | 2026-01 | $1,700,000 | 3,390 | 48.0% |
| 630 PROSPECT ST | 2025-07 | $1,622,000 | 3,176 | 69.3% |
| 460 TOPPING HILL ROAD | 2025-08 | $2,060,000 | 3,154 | 55.4% |
| 519 BIRCH AVENUE | 2025-01 | $1,485,000 | 3,253 | 71.7% |
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