The Fair Share Report

34 Fairfield Rd

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $284,306

Likely range $257,186 – $337,366, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $284,306 home should be assessed near $150,540.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$119,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $30,740 below what the ratio math suggests (20.4%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$3,103/yr
Public schools$1,453
Ocean County$697
Town of Berkeley$952
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 42.1%

30%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
12 DAWN WAY2025-06$285,0001,23252.2%
38 WOODSTOCK DR2026-01$273,0001,23256.1%
1 DAWN WAY2026-01$240,0001,23262.4%
32 PARADISE BLVD2025-08$330,0001,23240.1%
34 CHESTERFIELD LN2025-03$323,0001,23247.2%
10 LYFORD CT2025-08$266,0001,23246.0%
15 DAVENPORT RD W2025-10$230,0001,23253.9%
23 LONGDENVILLE ST2026-05$271,0001,23242.2%
2 SAN CARLOS CT2025-09$285,0001,23244.5%
40 LUMSDEN ST2025-07$300,0001,23240.1%
1 COBORCA WAY2025-03$260,0001,23264.7%
2108 CENTRAL AVE 102025-08$649,0001,22542.9%

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