The Fair Share Report

41 Eastern Ave

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

≈ $582,684

Likely range $490,566 – $677,715, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,924 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 $582,684 home should be assessed near $342,618.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$294,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $48,618 below what the ratio math suggests (14.2%).

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

$11,992/yr
Public schools$7,022
Somerset County$1,623
Town of Somerville$3,347
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 50.5%

34%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
183 W CLIFF ST2025-05$500,0001,96148.7%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
175 S BRIDGE ST2025-09$510,0001,68447.6%
17-19 N CLARK AVE2026-06$695,0001,85639.0%
33 WASHINGTON PL2025-01$585,0001,79445.8%
25 N DOUGHTY AVE2025-07$730,0001,79840.1%
23 W SPRING ST2025-12$801,0002,27447.4%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
40 THIRD ST2025-11$768,0002,07634.1%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
115 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-05$555,0002,41842.8%

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