The Fair Share Report

385 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

≈ $934,439

Likely range $710,546 – $2,024,857, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $934,439 home should be assessed near $558,981.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$353,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $205,381 below what the ratio math suggests (36.7%).

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

$12,970/yr
Public schools$8,354
Sussex County$2,207
Town of Sparta$2,409
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 37.8%

12%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
22 MAPLE PKWY2026-06$2,135,0002,28734.6%
53 OAKWOOD TRL2026-03$1,720,0002,27036.6%
42 SOUTH SHORE TRL2025-08$700,0002,26050.3%
42 MAPLE PKWY2025-07$1,465,0001,94645.1%
34 EAST SHORE TRL2025-07$1,750,0002,58738.3%
271 WEST SHORE TRL2025-04$999,0002,64654.3%
45 TRAFALGAR CT2025-06$750,0002,49257.1%
39 PROSPER PL2026-04$735,0002,42457.2%
46 PROSPER PL2026-01$726,0002,41658.0%
88 STANHOPE RD2026-03$480,0001,98847.2%
30 SENECA TRL2025-08$650,0002,24253.3%
26 TENNIS TER2025-09$585,0002,18252.0%

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