The Fair Share Report

3 Wallkill Rd

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

≈ $528,882

Likely range $481,362 – $589,731, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $528,882 home should be assessed near $316,377.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$277,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $38,677 below what the ratio math suggests (12.2%).

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

$10,186/yr
Public schools$6,561
Sussex County$1,733
Town of Sparta$1,892
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 52.5%

39%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
24 WEST WINDY BUSH LN2025-10$524,5001,55652.0%
66 CONESTOGA TRL2025-06$480,0001,54254.0%
6 SUMMIT TER2025-03$300,0001,44090.6%
21 GLEN RD2025-01$415,0001,43053.1%
16 COLUMBUS RD2026-06$500,0001,45357.5%
141 HILLSIDE RD2025-11$585,0001,38843.0%
172 ALPINE TRL2026-01$495,0001,58748.9%
28 SAGAMORE TRL2025-08$595,0001,76448.4%
9 VALLEY VIEW TRL2025-11$540,0001,45954.0%
13 GREEN APPLE RD2025-06$650,0001,74045.1%
9 GREEN APPLE CT2025-09$558,0001,78453.1%
55 FOX TRAIL RD2025-12$603,0001,89645.9%

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