The Fair Share Report

405 Springbrook Trl

Byram, NJ 07871

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

≈ $381,261

Likely range $359,927 – $436,527, from 12 comparable Byram sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,196 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.12%

The state's official measure of how far Byram assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $381,261 home should be assessed near $221,589.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$215,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $5,789 below what the ratio math suggests (2.6%).

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

$4.018 per $100 assessed

$2.312 Schools · 58% $0.673 County · 17% $1.033 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,673/yr
Public schools$4,991
Sussex County$1,453
Town of Byram$2,230
Byram average$10,398

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

Town median 50.0%
This home · 56.6%

36%72%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Byram'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
165 GLENSIDE TRAIL2026-04$415,0001,37950.3%
159 GLENSIDE TRAIL2026-06$450,0001,24848.4%
50 SHERWOOD FOREST DR2025-02$460,0001,19649.9%
1 KNUTE DR2025-01$463,9001,31051.7%
6 MAUGTAUG TRAIL2025-09$316,0001,10946.8%
10 CARLSON LN2025-10$383,00099445.8%
6 BROAD AVE2025-05$485,0001,06044.0%
18 CRANBERRY LEDGE RD2025-09$370,0001,56859.7%
23 TAMARACK RD2024-12$460,0001,44352.1%
9 NEWTON AVE2026-04$515,0001,41151.3%
19 HEMLOCK RD2025-07$395,0001,54853.2%
32 BROAD AVE2025-07$470,0001,53447.0%

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