The Fair Share Report

4 Ave E

Monroe, NJ 08831

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

≈ $1,042,812

Likely range $960,709 – $1,181,111, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,410 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

53.87%

The state's official measure of how far Monroe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,042,812 home should be assessed near $561,763.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$455,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $106,263 below what the ratio math suggests (18.9%).

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

$2.740 per $100 assessed

$1.535 Schools · 56% $0.608 County · 22% $0.596 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,091/yr
Public schools$7,337
Middlesex County$2,906
Town of Monroe$2,849
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 43.7%

22%67%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Monroe'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
86 BERGEN MILLS ROAD2026-02$900,0003,30856.5%
13 TANGLEWOOD PLACE2025-08$925,0003,43067.7%
8 TALL MAPLE COURT2025-03$999,9993,27048.7%
12 RED OAK COURT2025-04$1,175,0003,32449.5%
10 ARLENE DRIVE2026-05$999,9993,41658.4%
47 BAY HILL BLVD.2026-05$910,0003,41853.3%
28 TALL OAKS DRIVE2025-02$1,190,0003,42050.4%
5 MACFARLANE CIRCLE2025-03$1,075,0013,33665.2%
35 NARROWS WAY2025-02$1,125,0003,24848.8%
3 DEVON COURT2025-07$890,0003,13151.1%
3 TURNBERRY DRIVE2025-07$930,0003,30152.5%
31 MACFARLANE CIRCLE2026-03$1,285,0003,29551.1%

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