The Fair Share Report

34 Beech St

Byram, NJ 07874

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

≈ $430,623

Likely range $396,320 – $495,930, from 12 comparable Byram sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,486 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.12%

The state's official measure of how far Byram assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $430,623 home should be assessed near $250,278.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$213,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $36,978 below what the ratio math suggests (14.8%).

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

$4.018 per $100 assessed

$2.312 Schools · 58% $0.673 County · 17% $1.033 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,573/yr
Public schools$4,933
Sussex County$1,436
Town of Byram$2,204
Byram average$10,398

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

Town median 50.0%
This home · 49.5%

36%72%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Byram'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
2 CABIN SPRING TRAIL2025-10$462,5001,59639.3%
34 BROOKWOOD DR2025-09$410,0001,45649.8%
200 LAKE DR2025-04$560,0001,45849.9%
22 MT HEIGHTS DR2026-04$554,0001,66037.7%
22 MT HEIGHTS DR2025-06$482,0001,66043.3%
11 BEECH ST2026-06$510,0001,37252.8%
15 LAKE DR2025-08$620,0001,52461.3%
23 RIVER RD2025-06$489,0001,91049.2%
32 BROAD AVE2025-07$470,0001,53447.0%
15 MT HEIGHTS DR2025-08$483,0001,90056.0%
30 ACORN ST2025-09$435,0001,56846.6%
28 ACORN ST2026-02$500,0001,73245.6%

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