The Fair Share Report

4 Delaware Dr

Salem, NJ 08079

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Salem's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $184,823

Likely range $121,463 – $242,202, from 12 comparable Salem sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,408 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

49.82%

The state's official measure of how far Salem assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $184,823 home should be assessed near $92,079.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$82,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $9,679 below what the ratio math suggests (10.5%).

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

$8.627 per $100 assessed

$2.297 Schools · 27% $2.023 County · 23% $4.308 Town · 50%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,109/yr
Public schools$1,893
Salem County$1,667
Town of Salem$3,550
Salem average$4,030

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

Town median 36.6%
This home · 44.6%

19%74%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
363 GRANT ST2026-06$250,0001,42428.4%
7 DELAWARE DR2025-08$230,0001,38837.2%
90 YORKE ST2026-04$130,0001,30853.1%
197 PINE AVE2026-04$205,0001,31835.6%
210 SMITH ST2025-02$80,0001,37848.4%
188 COOK AVE2025-07$95,0001,30546.5%
251 CHESTNUT ST2025-12$209,0001,17626.1%
201 CHESTNUT ST2026-05$225,0001,30828.2%
201 CHESTNUT ST2025-12$128,5001,30849.3%
164 N UNION ST2025-09$199,0001,51635.6%
5 MEADOWSIDE LANE2025-08$10,000108.0%
179 VICTORY AVE2025-06$125,0001,44940.1%

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