The Fair Share Report

33 Downs Ave

Wharton, NJ 07885

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

≈ $427,003

Likely range $379,922 – $491,970, from 12 comparable Wharton sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

92.46%

The state's official measure of how far Wharton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $427,003 home should be assessed near $394,807.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$349,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,807 below what the ratio math suggests (11.6%).

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

$2.606 per $100 assessed

$1.736 Schools · 67% $0.250 County · 10% $0.620 Town · 24%

This home's own bill implies $2.468 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$8,613/yr
Public schools$5,738
Morris County$826
Town of Wharton$2,049
Wharton average$10,081

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

Town median 84.5%
This home · 81.7%

63%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wharton'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
36 KITCHELL AVE2026-04$500,0001,29283.1%
37 GARDEN AVE2026-01$460,0001,08368.3%
40 IRONDALE RD2025-01$451,0001,47185.8%
20 E CLARENCE ST2025-03$525,0001,45479.6%
14 OAK LN2026-03$535,0001,43674.4%
9 KITCHELL AVE2025-04$450,0001,59388.3%
66 W CENTRAL AVE2025-04$530,0001,34075.8%
329 N MAIN ST2026-04$390,0001,19795.3%
112 FERN AVE2026-01$400,0001,39293.3%
748 UPPER WAY2026-05$390,0001,19492.4%
18109 WEST VIEW2026-06$400,0001,19796.9%
1487 TOP SIDE2025-04$374,0001,17831.7%

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