The Fair Share Report

436 E Ave

Fairfield, NJ 08302

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

≈ $230,000

Likely range $150,000 – $282,500, from 12 comparable Fairfield sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

83.33%

The state's official measure of how far Fairfield assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $230,000 home should be assessed near $191,659.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$136,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $55,659 below what the ratio math suggests (29.0%).

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

$2.971 per $100 assessed

$1.447 Schools · 49% $1.029 County · 35% $0.495 Town · 17%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,046/yr
Public schools$1,971
Cumberland County$1,401
Town of Fairfield$674
Fairfield average$4,938

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

Town median 87.8%
This home · 59.1%

43%130%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Fairfield'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
4 WALDENS DR2025-03$175,0001,22897.7%
16 WALDENS DR2025-12$260,00096053.4%
330 CLARKS POND RD2025-04$265,0001,09257.9%
7 WALDENS DR2025-10$160,0001,864124.6%
19 WALDENS DR2026-02$300,0001,04057.6%
94 RAMAH RD2025-08$307,0001,38062.7%
6 BAREND ST2025-04$160,0001,092100.6%
313 SHOEMAKER LN2026-01$145,00096088.7%
173 BRIDGETON FAIRTON RD2025-05$265,0001,30853.5%
227 FAIRTON MILLVILLE RD2026-02$150,0001,356103.0%
444 EAST AVE2025-02$148,40091296.2%
10 GREEN WAY2025-07$359,0001,62657.6%

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