The Fair Share Report

340 Springbrook Tr

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $611,648

Likely range $558,633 – $815,039, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $611,648 home should be assessed near $365,888.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$321,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,288 below what the ratio math suggests (12.1%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,796/yr
Public schools$7,598
Sussex County$2,007
Town of Sparta$2,191
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 52.6%

34%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
24 PINE CONE LN2025-05$576,0002,12055.0%
168 EAST SHORE TRL2025-04$1,525,0001,93638.9%
10 SOUTH SHORE TRL2025-06$680,0002,31845.1%
26 PARK RD2025-08$640,00052.4%
30 SENECA TRL2025-08$650,0002,24253.3%
45 HICKORY TRL2025-09$780,0002,07253.0%
40 HILLSIDE RD2025-09$658,0001,75151.6%
177 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$980,0002,13346.3%
46 GLENSIDE TRL2026-04$370,0001,94371.0%
14 W CHERRY TREE LN2026-05$635,0002,32241.3%
72 CASTLEWOOD TRL2025-12$455,0002,11856.7%
23 BIRCH PKWY2025-07$540,0001,73955.2%

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