The Fair Share Report

40 Third St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $590,063

Likely range $549,622 – $690,164, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,076 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $590,063 home should be assessed near $346,957.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$262,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $84,857 below what the ratio math suggests (24.5%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,691/yr
Public schools$6,260
Somerset County$1,447
Town of Somerville$2,983
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 44.4%

33%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
81-83 GROVE ST2025-12$605,0002,14241.9%
20 THIRD ST2025-09$605,0002,15032.4%
25 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-10$752,0002,26239.9%
183 W CLIFF ST2025-05$500,0001,96148.7%
132 E CLIFF ST2025-09$525,0001,98354.4%
218 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$682,0001,76446.1%
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
68 SOMERSET ST2025-05$520,0001,74446.7%
148 DAVENPORT ST2025-10$739,0002,60034.9%
211 E HIGH ST2026-01$838,0001,76642.2%
451 E MAIN ST2025-09$600,0002,06052.2%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%

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