The Fair Share Report

29 E Spring 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

≈ $537,502

Likely range $491,879 – $646,659, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,748 sq ft.

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 $537,502 home should be assessed near $316,051.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$304,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $11,251 below what the ratio math suggests (3.6%).

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

$12,433/yr
Public schools$7,280
Somerset County$1,683
Town of Somerville$3,469
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 56.7%

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
211 E HIGH ST2026-01$838,0001,76642.2%
218 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$682,0001,76446.1%
132 E CLIFF ST2025-09$525,0001,98354.4%
68 SOMERSET ST2025-05$520,0001,74446.7%
33 WASHINGTON PL2025-01$585,0001,79445.8%
20 THIRD ST2025-09$605,0002,15032.4%
25 CENTRAL AVE2025-07$480,0001,56140.1%
71 CENTRAL AVE2026-01$525,0001,48847.2%
40 THIRD ST2025-11$768,0002,07634.1%
32 THIRD ST2026-05$340,0001,45659.4%
183 W CLIFF ST2025-05$500,0001,96148.7%
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%

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