The Fair Share Report

41 Summit Rd

Sparta, 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

≈ $528,217

Likely range $447,177 – $690,671, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $528,217 home should be assessed near $315,979.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$270,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,779 below what the ratio math suggests (14.5%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,911/yr
Public schools$6,384
Sussex County$1,687
Town of Sparta$1,841
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 51.2%

34%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
66 CONESTOGA TRL2025-06$480,0001,54254.0%
100 HILLTOP TRL2025-07$751,0001,70934.4%
243 ANDOVER RD2025-09$490,0001,63854.2%
151 ALPINE TRL2026-06$750,0001,28254.0%
22 HAYWARD RD2025-06$700,0001,65145.2%
24 WEST WINDY BUSH LN2025-10$524,5001,55652.0%
461 MAIN ST2025-10$450,0001,67461.0%
217 GREEN RD2025-09$685,0001,92044.4%
21 GLEN RD2025-01$415,0001,43053.1%
16 COLUMBUS RD2026-06$500,0001,45357.5%
509 GLEN RD2025-10$350,0001,53568.3%
3 HAYES LN2025-12$615,0001,34646.4%

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