The Fair Share Report

35 E Ocean Ave

Upper, NJ 08223

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

≈ $598,340

Likely range $519,860 – $705,630, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $598,340 home should be assessed near $338,960.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$415,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $76,740 above what the ratio math suggests (22.6%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,793/yr
Public schools$7,012
Cape May County$1,408
Town of Upper$1,374
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 69.5%

36%85%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper'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
3 FARM RD2025-12$650,0002,09745.4%
6 W VENTNOR AVE2025-09$735,0002,28853.2%
10 N MEADOW RIDGE LA2025-04$645,0002,42850.4%
15 CROP ST2025-04$635,0002,37349.9%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282026-03$550,0002,00252.2%
1731 RT US 9 SO #252026-03$519,0002,00255.3%
1731 RT US 9 SO #412025-07$480,0002,00262.4%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282025-06$525,0002,00254.6%
1731 RT US 9 SO #1222025-03$475,0002,00260.4%
16 ELIZABETH LA2025-07$598,4452,15662.9%
10 LAUREL RIDGE RD2025-06$579,9002,51856.9%
19 CHADWYN DR2025-08$749,9002,50846.3%

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