The Fair Share Report

32 Summit Rd

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

≈ $579,722

Likely range $537,973 – $841,238, 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 $579,722 home should be assessed near $346,790.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$335,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $11,490 below what the ratio math suggests (3.3%).

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

$12,299/yr
Public schools$7,922
Sussex County$2,093
Town of Sparta$2,284
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 57.8%

34%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
245 EAST SHORE TRL2026-01$515,0002,08458.1%
38 WHIPPOORWILL LN2025-05$506,0002,31662.6%
12 MARGARET TER2026-05$480,0002,12242.2%
203 ALPINE TRL2025-04$750,0002,05844.4%
1 POWDER HORN GREEN2025-01$850,0002,21860.3%
55 VALLEY VIEW TRL2025-08$600,0001,97048.3%
44 SAGAMORE TRL2025-03$535,0001,98651.0%
36 TYLER ST2025-11$615,0002,33652.9%
8 ST MARYS PL2026-01$550,0002,22152.6%
26 TENNIS TER2025-09$585,0002,18252.0%
126 HILLTOP TRL2025-12$535,0002,06252.3%
44 HILLSIDE RD2025-07$488,00051.1%

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