The Fair Share Report

313 Springbrook Tr

Sparta, NJ 07090

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

≈ $434,734

Likely range $368,847 – $471,387, 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 $434,734 home should be assessed near $260,058.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$204,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $55,658 below what the ratio math suggests (21.4%).

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

$7,497/yr
Public schools$4,829
Sussex County$1,276
Town of Sparta$1,392
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 47.0%

38%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
136 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-03$485,0001,12853.6%
15 LAKEVIEW RD2026-06$418,0001,05054.2%
2 CHERRY TREE LN2026-06$359,0001,08046.3%
7 HILLTOP TRL2026-01$405,0001,18853.1%
547 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$540,0001,32053.5%
381 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-12$490,0001,36454.2%
139 HILLTOP TRL2025-01$400,0011,04851.0%
168 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$485,0001,23447.3%
65 LAKE SHORE DR2025-07$420,0001,29658.0%
11 OAK TREE LN2025-07$400,0001,18644.9%
35 SENECA TRL2026-03$390,0001,43058.5%
20 OAKWOOD TRL2025-06$599,0001,11642.7%

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