The Fair Share Report

4 Ely Ct

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

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

≈ $1,348,095

Likely range $1,149,687 – $1,391,992, from 12 comparable Bridgewater sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

86.72%

The state's official measure of how far Bridgewater assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,348,095 home should be assessed near $1,169,068.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,074,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $94,768 below what the ratio math suggests (8.1%).

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

$1.901 per $100 assessed

$1.294 Schools · 68% $0.364 County · 19% $0.244 Town · 13%

This home's own bill implies $1.745 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$18,748/yr
Public schools$12,755
Somerset County$3,588
Town of Bridgewater$2,405
Bridgewater average$10,962

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

Town median 84.0%
This home · 79.7%

68%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bridgewater'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
28 MC DOWELL CT.2025-05$1,305,0004,00486.4%
2168 PERRINE RD.2025-04$1,250,0003,62291.9%
10 WEAVER DR.2025-05$1,100,0003,574104.9%
27 WEAVER DR.2025-02$1,310,0003,54887.6%
4 ERIN CT.2026-02$1,070,0003,11781.0%
25 FRANCIS DRIVE2026-06$1,055,1002,91887.1%
838 MADISON AVE2025-06$1,380,0003,84290.7%
227 CHURCH ROAD2026-03$1,525,0003,984100.7%
455 BAYBERRY ROAD2025-02$1,180,0003,20396.4%
8 WHARTON AVE2026-05$960,0003,05882.1%
5 BITTLE CT.2026-01$1,195,0003,33392.7%
5 LEE PLACE2026-05$815,0002,78287.0%

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