The Fair Share Report

293 Spring St

Newton, NJ 07960

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

≈ $415,024

Likely range $360,206 – $465,666, from 12 comparable Newton sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,746 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

89.64%

The state's official measure of how far Newton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $415,024 home should be assessed near $372,028.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$402,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $29,972 above what the ratio math suggests (8.1%).

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

$2.662 per $100 assessed

$1.310 Schools · 49% $0.420 County · 16% $0.931 Town · 35%

This home's own bill implies $2.524 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,145/yr
Public schools$4,994
Sussex County$1,601
Town of Newton$3,549
Newton average$9,000

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

Town median 89.1%
This home · 96.9%

71%117%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newton'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
10 PINE ST2025-01$375,0001,59088.1%
22 WOODSIDE AVE2026-01$365,0001,54781.5%
88 TRINITY ST2026-05$475,0001,72867.0%
51 PLAINFIELD AVE2025-03$360,0001,745100.1%
21 TOWNSEND ST2025-03$400,0001,63285.0%
18 CLINTON ST2025-01$471,0001,76689.1%
8 PINE ST2025-03$457,0001,87387.1%
101 MADISON ST2026-05$270,0001,424107.1%
19 MASON AVE2026-05$460,3331,84090.4%
2-4 STUART ST2025-02$583,0002,08886.7%
19 UNION PL2025-05$389,9002,42894.5%
33 WOODSIDE AVE2026-06$401,0001,68787.5%

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