The Fair Share Report

36 Eighth St

Salem, NJ 08079

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

≈ $102,486

Likely range $79,187 – $139,715, from 12 comparable Salem sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,364 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

49.82%

The state's official measure of how far Salem assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $102,486 home should be assessed near $51,059.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$49,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $1,659 below what the ratio math suggests (3.2%).

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

$8.627 per $100 assessed

$2.297 Schools · 27% $2.023 County · 23% $4.308 Town · 50%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,262/yr
Public schools$1,135
Salem County$999
Town of Salem$2,128
Salem average$4,030

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

Town median 36.6%
This home · 48.2%

19%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Salem'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
31 UNION ST2025-07$200,00019.7%
10-10 1/2 WALNUT ST2025-12$150,00057.2%
210 SMITH ST2025-02$80,0001,37848.4%
304 NEW MARKET ST2025-01$82,0001,31059.1%
120 THOMPSON ST2026-06$85,0001,34840.0%
75 WALNUT ST2025-03$75,0001,31646.3%
28 CHESTNUT ST2025-08$118,0001,15236.0%
7 DELAWARE DR2025-08$230,0001,38837.2%
51 S THIRD ST2025-09$210,0001,34821.4%
272 E BROADWAY2026-05$65,0001,50074.3%
304 E BROADWAY2025-06$134,0001,59638.6%
189 WESLEY ST2025-09$110,0001,46433.3%

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