The Fair Share Report

3003 Appleton Way

Hanover, NJ 07981

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

≈ $443,311

Likely range $404,305 – $475,144, from 12 comparable Hanover sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,164 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

69.39%

The state's official measure of how far Hanover assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $443,311 home should be assessed near $307,614.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$236,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $71,114 below what the ratio math suggests (23.1%).

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

$2.051 per $100 assessed

$1.207 Schools · 59% $0.314 County · 15% $0.529 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,068/yr
Public schools$2,984
Morris County$776
Town of Hanover$1,308
Hanover average$8,800

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 53.3%

41%85%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hanover'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
2903 APPLETON WAY2026-04$472,0001,16449.4%
3004 APPLETON WAY2025-02$480,0001,16448.6%
3306 APPLETON WAY2025-12$405,0001,16655.6%
3418 APPLETON WAY2025-06$400,0001,16656.3%
144 SUNRISE DR2025-08$458,0001,12264.2%
80 SUNRISE DR2026-05$490,0001,24464.7%
143 VISTA DR2025-12$499,5001,36254.0%
112 VISTA DR2025-12$480,0001,37657.1%
1005 MEADOW BROOK CT2025-10$530,0001,25059.6%
231 VISTA DR2026-04$537,0001,41050.6%
241 VISTA DR2026-02$470,0001,41057.0%
231 VISTA DR2025-11$366,0001,41074.3%

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