The Fair Share Report

29 Maple Ave

Madison, NJ 07940

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

≈ $1,149,052

Likely range $891,136 – $1,258,948, from 12 comparable Madison sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,423 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.22%

The state's official measure of how far Madison assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,149,052 home should be assessed near $691,959.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$770,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $78,041 above what the ratio math suggests (11.3%).

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

$2.254 per $100 assessed

$1.423 Schools · 63% $0.350 County · 16% $0.481 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$17,356/yr
Public schools$10,957
Morris County$2,695
Town of Madison$3,704
Madison average$15,897

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

Town median 55.4%
This home · 67.0%

41%92%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Madison'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
27 LATHROP AVE2025-11$995,0001,91550.5%
73 BRITTIN ST2025-04$1,600,0002,74354.9%
4 FAIRWOOD RD2026-02$875,0002,18473.8%
95 PARK AVE2025-06$650,0002,06555.3%
57 GREENWOOD AVE2026-05$1,150,0002,42550.2%
152 LOANTAKA WAY2025-05$1,175,0002,43054.0%
50 PROSPECT ST2026-05$999,9992,71977.5%
23 WEST ST2026-01$799,0002,02049.9%
21 STATION RD2025-11$650,0001,83679.7%
11 DELBARTON DR2025-09$830,0002,47465.9%
150 CENTRAL AVE2025-09$1,050,0002,10056.6%
6 HOWELL ST2025-10$1,070,0002,16048.4%

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