The Fair Share Report

328 E Broadway

Salem, NJ 08079

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

≈ $183,079

Likely range $56,305 – $259,277, from 12 comparable Salem sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

49.82%

The state's official measure of how far Salem assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $183,079 home should be assessed near $91,210.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$72,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $18,310 below what the ratio math suggests (20.1%).

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

$8.627 per $100 assessed

$2.297 Schools · 27% $2.023 County · 23% $4.308 Town · 50%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,290/yr
Public schools$1,675
Salem County$1,475
Town of Salem$3,141
Salem average$4,030

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

Town median 36.6%
This home · 39.8%

19%135%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Salem'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
297 PEARL ST2025-09$212,5002,44423.1%
236 CHURCH ST2025-01$50,0002,39438.6%
49-51 ELM ST2026-03$230,0002,51224.8%
127 SEVENTH ST2025-04$170,0002,25629.0%
168 COOK AVE2025-09$275,0002,72025.3%
26 OLIVE ST2026-03$200,0002,16427.2%
204-206 WESLEY ST2025-07$180,0002,57229.9%
46 WALNUT ST2025-01$100,0002,59654.9%
349 E BROADWAY2025-03$65,0002,34876.9%
194 SEVENTH ST2025-10$73,3222,15188.8%
69 W BROADWAY2025-08$85,0002,74761.3%
10 DAVIS AVE2026-02$249,9002,36129.8%

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