The Fair Share Report

3 Hampton Rd

Mendham, NJ 07945

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

≈ $933,086

Likely range $727,413 – $1,041,787, from 12 comparable Mendham sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,432 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.81%

The state's official measure of how far Mendham assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $933,086 home should be assessed near $670,049.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$533,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $136,149 below what the ratio math suggests (20.3%).

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

$2.526 per $100 assessed

$1.661 Schools · 66% $0.302 County · 12% $0.563 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,486/yr
Public schools$8,868
Morris County$1,612
Town of Mendham$3,006
Mendham average$17,555

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 57.2%

43%88%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mendham'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
38 W MAIN ST2026-05$900,0002,32360.1%
5 HAMPTON RD2025-08$685,0001,81666.5%
77 E MAIN ST2025-08$740,0002,10662.4%
21 E MAIN ST2026-04$657,00077.6%
2 PEACOCK LN2025-11$775,0001,90965.2%
47 W MAIN ST2025-05$859,0001,71652.9%
2 BRIDGE ST2025-03$650,0002,91586.3%
89 TALMAGE RD2026-03$995,0001,87249.1%
15 LAKE DR2025-06$730,0001,64956.2%
42 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-08$745,0001,81060.3%
68 WEXFORD DR2025-01$831,5002,78064.6%
3 NEW ST2026-05$1,342,5003,13449.9%

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