The Fair Share Report

376 Springbrook Tr

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $484,673

Likely range $448,748 – $555,536, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,647 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $484,673 home should be assessed near $289,931.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$270,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,031 below what the ratio math suggests (6.6%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,937/yr
Public schools$6,400
Sussex County$1,691
Town of Sparta$1,845
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 55.9%

39%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
243 ANDOVER RD2025-09$490,0001,63854.2%
9 GREEN APPLE CT2025-09$558,0001,78453.1%
52 MANOR SQ2026-05$484,7581,72550.0%
5 GRIST MILL2026-03$490,0001,72547.5%
99 SLEEPY HOLLOW2026-02$399,9991,72557.6%
114 SLEEPY HOLLOW2025-11$480,0001,72551.1%
69 MANOR SQ2025-07$470,0001,72551.9%
88 COBBLER SQ2025-03$469,0001,72548.6%
22 HAYWARD RD2025-06$700,0001,65145.2%
13 GREEN APPLE RD2025-06$650,0001,74045.1%
44 STANHOPE RD2025-07$505,0002,00853.5%
55 FOX TRAIL RD2025-12$603,0001,89645.9%

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