The Fair Share Report

4 First Ave

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

≈ $830,956

Likely range $658,640 – $935,970, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,592 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 $830,956 home should be assessed near $447,636.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$518,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $70,464 above what the ratio math suggests (15.7%).

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

$14,890/yr
Public schools$8,345
Middlesex County$3,305
Town of Monroe$3,240
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 62.3%

22%84%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Monroe, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (61.95%).

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
675A YARBOROUGH WAY SOUTH2026-04$541,0002,68243.1%
14 CHERYL LANE2025-11$921,0002,53957.1%
4 JEANA COURT2026-04$925,0002,58958.5%
136 BIRMINGHAM LANE2026-01$555,0002,57642.5%
6 ELLIOT DRIVE2025-12$855,0002,66761.4%
2 GUINEVERE ROAD2026-03$1,075,0002,48046.0%
670A WINDGATE COURT2025-03$485,0002,29251.7%
21 TANGLEWOOD PLACE2025-07$1,030,0002,91755.9%
415 SPOTSWD-ENGTWN RD.2025-11$825,0002,94265.9%
3 GUINEVERE ROAD2025-01$880,0002,43758.1%
17 FLORENCE DRIVE2025-05$755,0002,30851.6%
4 RACHAEL LANE2026-05$1,059,0002,74449.8%

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