The Fair Share Report

304 79th St

Avalon, NJ 08054

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only based on the average change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Avalon's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $1,782,799

Likely range $1,579,644 – $2,038,366, from 12 comparable Avalon sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

54.28%

The state's official measure of how far Avalon assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,782,799 home should be assessed near $967,703.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$788,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $179,503 below what the ratio math suggests (18.5%).

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

$0.607 per $100 assessed

$0.032 Schools · 5% $0.313 County · 52% $0.262 Town · 43%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,792/yr
Public schools$253
Cape May County$2,471
Town of Avalon$2,068
Avalon average$10,663

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

Town median 48.5%
This home · 44.2%

32%70%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
715 21ST STREET2025-11$1,825,0001,84541.8%
3027 DUNE DRIVE2026-06$1,245,0001,73246.8%
212 25TH STREET2026-03$1,800,0001,85648.5%
234 33RD STREET2025-10$2,050,0001,87245.5%
2025 DUNE DRIVE2025-09$1,500,0001,82044.5%
274 21ST STREET2025-08$1,195,0001,72851.1%
315 79TH STREET2026-03$2,400,0001,97836.9%
364 41ST STREET2025-07$1,900,0001,95241.2%
1838 DUNE DRIVE2026-06$2,800,0001,95939.2%
353 39TH ST C-W2025-09$2,400,0001,80449.8%
2026 SIXTH AVENUE2025-07$1,850,0002,04840.0%
305 78TH ST C-A2025-10$1,850,0001,87239.7%

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