The Fair Share Report

36 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

≈ $629,444

Likely range $543,716 – $753,330, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,266 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 $629,444 home should be assessed near $370,113.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$282,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $87,713 below what the ratio math suggests (23.7%).

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

$11,519/yr
Public schools$6,745
Somerset County$1,559
Town of Somerville$3,215
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 44.9%

32%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
104 W HIGH ST2026-04$650,0002,20835.6%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
99 EASTERN AVE2025-03$415,0001,79263.5%
17-19 N CLARK AVE2026-06$695,0001,85639.0%
115 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-05$555,0002,41842.8%
25 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-10$752,0002,26239.9%
185 E HIGH ST2026-06$740,0002,43447.4%
185 E HIGH ST2025-07$474,4002,43473.9%
81-83 GROVE ST2025-12$605,0002,14241.9%
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
113 N ADAMSVILLE RD2025-09$740,0002,18554.1%

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