The Fair Share Report

39 Second St

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

≈ $638,464

Likely range $589,394 – $859,514, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,024 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 $638,464 home should be assessed near $375,417.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$263,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $111,517 below what the ratio math suggests (29.7%).

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

$10,764/yr
Public schools$6,303
Somerset County$1,457
Town of Somerville$3,004
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 41.3%

25%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
62 S BRIDGE ST2025-02$550,0002,77646.2%
90-92 W CLIFF ST2025-02$500,0002,75861.4%
121 S BRIDGE ST2025-10$525,0002,90653.8%
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%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%
25 E CLIFF ST2025-02$290,0002,64472.3%
148 DAVENPORT ST2025-10$739,0002,60034.9%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
149 W CLIFF ST2026-02$660,0003,36048.4%
68 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$550,0002,60561.7%

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