The Fair Share Report

312 Springbrook Tr

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

≈ $615,752

Likely range $526,979 – $1,367,223, 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 $615,752 home should be assessed near $368,343.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$301,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $66,943 below what the ratio math suggests (18.2%).

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

$11,055/yr
Public schools$7,121
Sussex County$1,881
Town of Sparta$2,053
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 48.9%

17%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
88 STANHOPE RD2026-03$480,0001,98847.2%
177 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$980,0002,13346.3%
377 EAST SHORE TRL2026-02$529,0001,89950.3%
4 ARROWHEAD TRL2026-04$1,235,0001,95548.4%
24 PINE CONE LN2025-05$576,0002,12055.0%
30 SENECA TRL2025-08$650,0002,24253.3%
273 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$899,0002,01737.9%
1 BALANCED ROCK TERR2025-07$763,0002,01641.1%
42 SOUTH SHORE TRL2025-08$700,0002,26050.3%
168 EAST SHORE TRL2025-04$1,525,0001,93638.9%
380 EAST SHORE TRL2026-01$525,0001,85052.3%
82 MAPLE PKWY2025-09$1,380,0001,78939.3%

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