The Fair Share Report

3 Apache Trl

Jefferson, NJ 07438

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

≈ $707,045

Likely range $650,960 – $933,799, from 12 comparable Jefferson sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

69.72%

The state's official measure of how far Jefferson assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $707,045 home should be assessed near $492,952.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$461,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $31,952 below what the ratio math suggests (6.5%).

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

$3.003 per $100 assessed

$1.809 Schools · 60% $0.295 County · 10% $0.899 Town · 30%

Step 5 · The bill

$14,309/yr
Public schools$8,620
Morris County$1,406
Town of Jefferson$4,284
Jefferson average$9,952

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

Town median 60.3%
This home · 65.2%

43%86%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Jefferson'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
47 N LAKESIDE AVE2025-02$899,9002,67078.2%
82 RIPPLEWOOD DR2026-05$630,0002,35555.2%
44 SUMMIT RD2025-11$539,9002,30065.4%
25 RIPPLEWOOD DR2025-06$1,650,0002,91143.9%
3 ARMSTRONG DR2026-02$606,0002,34070.8%
4 WINONA TRL2025-09$595,0002,93667.8%
15 RIPPLEWOOD DR2025-10$1,377,2992,48448.8%
110 E SHAWNEE TRL2026-01$765,0002,73248.5%
17 ROSEMONT RD2026-02$590,0002,15762.2%
32 SUMMIT RD2025-06$555,0002,07663.8%
35 BENEDICT DR2025-07$949,9002,12860.1%
31 CRESCENT DR2025-12$621,5002,29253.9%

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