The Fair Share Report

331 E Main St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $600,000

Likely range $495,000 – $700,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $600,000 home should be assessed near $352,800.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$296,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $56,700 below what the ratio math suggests (16.1%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,078/yr
Public schools$7,073
Somerset County$1,635
Town of Somerville$3,370
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 49.4%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
5 SEVILLE DR2025-06$745,0002,20452.2%
179 N. MIDDAUGH ST.2025-08$700,0002,25049.1%
54 PROSPECT ST2025-03$780,0001,99348.1%
210 WILLIAM ST2024-12$495,0001,18960.9%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%
34 STEELE AVE2025-12$699,0002,72460.5%
69 FAIRMONT AVE2025-06$436,0002,11073.9%
95 SOUTHSIDE AVE2026-06$499,5501,47450.1%
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%
18 RIVIERA DR2025-10$420,0001,09058.6%
11 SEVILLE DRIVE2025-08$590,0001,12649.1%
110 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-03$555,0001,78450.9%

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