The Fair Share Report

31 Sunset Rd

Demarest, NJ 07627

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

≈ $1,345,117

Likely range $1,153,382 – $1,557,903, from 12 comparable Demarest sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

101.41%

The state's official measure of how far Demarest assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,345,117 home should be assessed near $1,364,083.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,126,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $237,583 below what the ratio math suggests (17.4%).

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

$1.805 per $100 assessed

$1.149 Schools · 64% $0.219 County · 12% $0.438 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$20,333/yr
Public schools$12,936
Bergen County$2,466
Town of Demarest$4,931
Demarest average$26,108

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

Town median 92.3%
This home · 83.7%

67%115%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Demarest'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
29 JOHN ST2025-06$1,200,0002,61283.2%
72 HIGHLAND AVE2025-04$1,300,0002,38977.2%
88 WOODLAND RD2025-07$1,825,0002,50876.7%
91 STEWART ST2026-01$1,250,0002,67884.1%
123 LENOX AVE2025-07$1,090,0002,41783.3%
45 DEMAREST AVE2025-10$1,210,0002,52084.9%
98 PRESCOTT ST2025-12$1,385,0002,05171.2%
67 CENTRAL AVE2025-07$1,480,0002,45773.0%
32 HIGHLAND AVE2025-12$999,9991,90388.8%
85 LAKE RD2025-02$1,200,0002,32185.7%
17 CYPRESS PL2025-07$1,050,0001,81782.4%
6 ISABELLA WAY2025-07$1,300,0002,67685.2%

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