The Fair Share Report

295 Rt 49

Upper, NJ 08270

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

≈ $495,533

Likely range $431,903 – $550,012, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $495,533 home should be assessed near $280,719.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$263,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $17,519 below what the ratio math suggests (6.2%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,530/yr
Public schools$4,676
Cape May County$939
Town of Upper$916
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 53.1%

36%79%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper'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
11 WHIPPOORWILL DR2026-06$328,0001,94081.0%
10 MEADOWLARK RD2026-05$469,0001,85649.4%
12 ASHCROFT AVE2026-01$553,0001,94350.1%
15 E SUNRISE RD2025-04$395,0002,06063.6%
16 ELIZABETH LA2025-07$598,4452,15662.9%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282026-03$550,0002,00252.2%
1731 RT US 9 SO #252026-03$519,0002,00255.3%
1731 RT US 9 SO #412025-07$480,0002,00262.4%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282025-06$525,0002,00254.6%
1731 RT US 9 SO #1222025-03$475,0002,00260.4%
28 LUKE CT2026-02$420,0002,16564.3%
43 WEXTON DR2025-07$399,0001,75861.2%

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