The Fair Share Report

4 Sunset Rd

Lawrence, NJ 08648

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

≈ $660,654

Likely range $553,770 – $807,669, from 12 comparable Lawrence sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,550 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

73.80%

The state's official measure of how far Lawrence assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $660,654 home should be assessed near $487,563.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$396,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $91,563 below what the ratio math suggests (18.8%).

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

$3.164 per $100 assessed

$1.687 Schools · 53% $0.795 County · 25% $0.682 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,533/yr
Public schools$6,683
Mercer County$3,149
Town of Lawrence$2,702
Lawrence average$9,151

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

Town median 60.1%
This home · 59.9%

44%90%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Lawrence'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
16 SUNSET RD2025-07$625,0002,44866.5%
31 COLONIAL LAKE DR2024-12$400,0002,29881.0%
8 WOODBURY LANE2026-05$796,0002,66653.6%
12 OAK PLACE2026-02$875,0002,74267.4%
3 LAWRENCIA DRIVE2025-10$625,0002,87869.7%
1 BROMLEY COURT2025-02$870,0002,72854.6%
259 GLENN AVE2025-10$430,0002,14265.5%
3 HIGHLAND ROAD2025-05$1,165,0003,08759.9%
14 EMPRESS LANE2026-05$494,0002,14061.2%
117 MANITEE AVE2025-12$405,0002,41658.0%
8 KNOX COURT2025-06$665,0002,82472.9%
17 VAN KIRK ROAD2024-12$795,0002,51062.0%

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