The Fair Share Report

420 E Broadway

Salem, NJ 08079

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

≈ $125,751

Likely range $93,710 – $197,162, from 12 comparable Salem sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,602 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

49.82%

The state's official measure of how far Salem assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $125,751 home should be assessed near $62,649.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$77,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $14,651 above what the ratio math suggests (23.4%).

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

$8.627 per $100 assessed

$2.297 Schools · 27% $2.023 County · 23% $4.308 Town · 50%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,669/yr
Public schools$1,776
Salem County$1,564
Town of Salem$3,330
Salem average$4,030

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

Town median 36.6%
This home · 61.5%

19%88%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Salem'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
210 SMITH ST2025-02$80,0001,37848.4%
91 SEVENTH ST2025-02$142,0001,80930.9%
304 E BROADWAY2025-06$134,0001,59638.6%
200 N UNION ST2026-04$207,5001,68628.9%
200 N UNION ST2025-11$115,0001,68652.2%
10-10 1/2 WALNUT ST2025-12$150,00057.2%
31 UNION ST2025-07$200,00019.7%
293 PEARL ST2025-06$210,0001,79225.1%
178 COOK AVE2026-06$255,0001,66527.8%
220 JOHNSON ST2025-12$110,0001,59254.2%
210 WESLEY ST2026-01$105,0001,79547.6%
190 CHESTNUT ST2025-05$215,0001,58126.8%

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