The Fair Share Report

294 Springbrook Tr

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $1,203,291

Likely range $768,300 – $1,771,647, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,619 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,203,291 home should be assessed near $719,809.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$377,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $342,009 below what the ratio math suggests (47.5%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,858/yr
Public schools$8,926
Sussex County$2,358
Town of Sparta$2,574
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 31.4%

16%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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 SOUTH SHORE TRL2025-06$680,0002,31845.1%
33 RAINBOW TRL2025-10$1,750,0002,92346.0%
34 EAST SHORE TRL2025-07$1,750,0002,58738.3%
26 PARK RD2025-08$640,00052.4%
12 AFTERGLOW RD2025-08$440,00049.9%
30 SENECA TRL2025-08$650,0002,24253.3%
24 PINE CONE LN2025-05$576,0002,12055.0%
25 ISLAND TRL2025-04$3,300,0002,95540.6%
14 W CHERRY TREE LN2026-05$635,0002,32241.3%
36 ISLAND TRL2025-07$1,600,0002,79965.5%
271 WEST SHORE TRL2025-04$999,0002,64654.3%
177 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$980,0002,13346.3%

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