The Fair Share Report

41 Lumar Rd

Lawrence, NJ 08648

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Lawrence's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $430,957

Likely range $355,344 – $485,486, from 12 comparable Lawrence sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $430,957 home should be assessed near $318,046.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$241,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $76,746 below what the ratio math suggests (24.1%).

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

$7,637/yr
Public schools$4,072
Mercer County$1,919
Town of Lawrence$1,646
Lawrence average$9,151

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

Town median 60.1%
This home · 56.0%

44%90%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
32 LAWNSIDE DR2025-04$480,0001,64664.0%
38 COLONIAL LAKE DR2025-04$446,0001,69049.7%
242 FIELDBORO DR2025-12$441,0001,53655.3%
80 BERWYN PL2025-10$300,0001,59976.4%
150 GAINSBORO RD2025-09$310,0001,60480.2%
94 FRANKLIN CORNER RD2025-08$400,0001,77467.5%
160 MILLERICK AVE2026-03$433,0001,65455.8%
36 VIBURNUM COURT2026-04$400,0001,62051.4%
967 LANNING AVE2025-06$280,0001,734109.7%
27 WOODMONT DRIVE2025-11$460,0001,59056.2%
26 JACKIE DRIVE2025-02$485,0001,59052.1%
9 VILLAGE COURT2025-01$490,0001,64252.0%

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