The Fair Share Report

421 Second St

Dunellen, NJ 08812

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

≈ $526,272

Likely range $442,884 – $587,971, from 12 comparable Dunellen sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.02%

The state's official measure of how far Dunellen assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $526,272 home should be assessed near $510,589.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$546,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $35,811 above what the ratio math suggests (7.0%).

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

$2.448 per $100 assessed

$1.411 Schools · 58% $0.353 County · 14% $0.684 Town · 28%

This home's own bill implies $2.166 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,836/yr
Public schools$6,822
Middlesex County$1,707
Town of Dunellen$3,307
Dunellen average$11,299

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

Town median 98.9%
This home · 103.8%

76%129%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Dunellen'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
241 ORANGE ST2026-05$555,0001,87281.0%
405 MADISON AVE2026-02$510,0001,63297.1%
314 MOUNTAINVIEW TERR2026-01$517,0001,84096.0%
250 WHITTIER AVE2026-03$575,0002,106102.7%
325 ORANGE ST2025-03$349,7601,666117.5%
820 FRONT ST2026-01$375,0001,856113.3%
137 THIRD ST2026-01$485,0001,75096.0%
419 DUNELLEN AVE2026-03$475,0001,76499.6%
713 FIRST ST2026-04$475,0001,984104.1%
128 FIRST ST2026-02$440,0001,46399.8%
1790 WEST 4TH ST2025-04$360,0001,479123.9%
107 MADISON AVE2026-06$705,0001,93680.1%

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