The Fair Share Report

334 Second St

Middlesex, NJ 08846

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

≈ $499,471

Likely range $399,571 – $592,451, from 12 comparable Middlesex sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.52%

The state's official measure of how far Middlesex assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $499,471 home should be assessed near $487,084.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$449,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $37,884 below what the ratio math suggests (7.8%).

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

$2.119 per $100 assessed

$1.137 Schools · 54% $0.340 County · 16% $0.643 Town · 30%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,523/yr
Public schools$5,107
Middlesex County$1,527
Town of Middlesex$2,888
Middlesex average$10,237

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

Town median 97.6%
This home · 89.9%

70%122%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Middlesex'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
429 EDGEWORTH ST2026-06$547,0001,24887.2%
326 MELROSE AVE2026-06$420,0001,428109.3%
241 COOK AVE2026-03$555,0001,52297.3%
413 HARRIS AVE2025-02$429,0001,42897.9%
335 EDGEWORTH ST2026-06$480,0001,152103.7%
506 MELROSE AVE2026-02$562,5001,568101.7%
437 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-04$525,0001,61299.1%
225 HARRIS AVE2025-05$436,0001,209104.2%
305 HARRIS AVE2025-03$500,0001,19796.0%
552 LORRAINE AVE2025-03$460,0001,72898.9%
13 PARK PL2025-02$505,0001,43081.8%
143 PARKER ST2026-01$350,0001,317139.4%

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