The Fair Share Report

4 Cove Rd

Upper, NJ 08223

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

≈ $611,719

Likely range $587,641 – $722,787, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $611,719 home should be assessed near $346,539.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$823,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $477,361 above what the ratio math suggests (137.8%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$19,905/yr
Public schools$14,253
Cape May County$2,861
Town of Upper$2,792
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 134.7%

36%146%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (65.15%) — roughly $10,994/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
1731 RT US 9 SO #282026-03$550,0002,00252.2%
1731 RT US 9 SO #252026-03$519,0002,00255.3%
1731 RT US 9 SO #412025-07$480,0002,00262.4%
1731 RT US 9 SO #282025-06$525,0002,00254.6%
1731 RT US 9 SO #1222025-03$475,0002,00260.4%
1731 RT US 9 SO #952025-01$515,0001,84854.0%
825 STAGECOACH RD2026-06$881,3302,87958.8%
23 GLORY RD2025-02$625,0001,89240.0%
6 W VENTNOR AVE2025-09$735,0002,28853.2%
33 E SUMNER AVE2025-03$3,100,0002,37233.2%
10 N MEADOW RIDGE LA2025-04$645,0002,42850.4%
3 FARM RD2025-12$650,0002,09745.4%

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