The Fair Share Report

3 Maple Ln

Independence, NJ 07840

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

≈ $418,735

Likely range $387,181 – $541,486, from 12 comparable Independence sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.23%

The state's official measure of how far Independence assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $418,735 home should be assessed near $248,017.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$234,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $14,017 below what the ratio math suggests (5.7%).

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

$3.795 per $100 assessed

$2.295 Schools · 60% $0.873 County · 23% $0.627 Town · 17%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,880/yr
Public schools$5,370
Warren County$2,043
Town of Independence$1,467
Independence average$8,765

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

Town median 46.8%
This home · 55.9%

36%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Independence'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
942 ROUTE 5172025-12$420,0001,99254.0%
121 ROUTE 462025-06$400,0001,97359.0%
3 ROLLING VIEW DR2025-07$480,0001,80947.8%
108 PETERSBURG RD2025-08$490,0002,65054.1%
10 ROLLING VIEW DR2025-06$435,0002,20250.5%
344 ROUTE 462025-10$385,0002,19957.2%
88 OVERLOOK DR2025-10$390,5001,84046.8%
185 PETERSBURG RD2025-07$445,0002,08050.1%
22 BARKERS MILL RD2025-11$560,0001,63344.2%
14 ENDICOTT DR2025-06$625,0002,14245.0%
73 OVERLOOK DR2025-10$335,0001,77050.6%
60 OVERLOOK DR2025-07$350,0001,77049.7%

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