The Fair Share Report

355 Ackerman Ave

Mountainside, NJ 07092

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

≈ $834,911

Likely range $761,757 – $932,634, from 12 comparable Mountainside sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,090 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.29%

The state's official measure of how far Mountainside assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $834,911 home should be assessed near $595,208.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$543,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $52,108 below what the ratio math suggests (8.8%).

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

$2.099 per $100 assessed

$1.023 Schools · 49% $0.482 County · 23% $0.594 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,405/yr
Public schools$5,559
Union County$2,619
Town of Mountainside$3,228
Mountainside average$13,303

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

Town median 68.2%
This home · 65.0%

48%87%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mountainside'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
1104 SYLVAN LANE2026-02$856,0002,00261.8%
1249 DEERFIELD COURT2025-01$792,0002,16064.9%
367 GREENBRIER COURT2026-01$920,0002,30362.1%
1209 WYOMING DRIVE2025-07$910,0002,20070.5%
1085 SYLVAN LANE2025-12$733,0002,26775.4%
1524 LONG MEADOW2025-05$798,0002,36577.4%
1586 BROOKSIDE ROAD2025-04$830,0001,86061.6%
1381 OUTLOOK DRIVE2025-06$1,150,0002,39056.2%
373 UPLAND ROAD2026-04$945,6001,85757.2%
1458 DEER PATH2025-08$749,0002,05573.1%
1098 SUNNY SLOPE DRIVE2026-05$775,0001,99968.2%
361 GREENBRIER COURT2025-04$990,0002,90763.0%

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