The Fair Share Report

35 Codington Pl

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

≈ $595,030

Likely range $469,371 – $690,617, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,701 sq ft.

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 $595,030 home should be assessed near $349,878.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$275,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $74,778 below what the ratio math suggests (21.4%).

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

$11,221/yr
Public schools$6,571
Somerset County$1,519
Town of Somerville$3,131
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 46.2%

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
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%
33 WASHINGTON PL2025-01$585,0001,79445.8%
25 N DOUGHTY AVE2025-07$730,0001,79840.1%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
25 W SPRING ST2025-10$615,0001,44442.6%
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
218 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$682,0001,76446.1%
211 E HIGH ST2026-01$838,0001,76642.2%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
54 MERCER ST2025-07$675,0001,63345.9%
17-19 N CLARK AVE2026-06$695,0001,85639.0%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%

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