The Fair Share Report

37 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

≈ $555,000

Likely range $500,000 – $640,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

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 $555,000 home should be assessed near $326,340.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$281,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,540 below what the ratio math suggests (13.6%).

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

$11,495/yr
Public schools$6,731
Somerset County$1,556
Town of Somerville$3,208
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 50.8%

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
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
185 E HIGH ST2026-06$740,0002,43447.4%
185 E HIGH ST2025-07$474,4002,43473.9%
115 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-05$555,0002,41842.8%
90-92 W CLIFF ST2025-02$500,0002,75861.4%
183 W CLIFF ST2025-05$500,0001,96148.7%
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%
33 WASHINGTON PL2025-01$585,0001,79445.8%
20 THIRD ST2025-09$605,0002,15032.4%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
121 S BRIDGE ST2025-10$525,0002,90653.8%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%

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