The Fair Share Report

438 High St

Middlesex, NJ 08846

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

≈ $525,483

Likely range $476,524 – $588,975, from 12 comparable Middlesex sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.52%

The state's official measure of how far Middlesex assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $525,483 home should be assessed near $512,451.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$485,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $27,451 below what the ratio math suggests (5.4%).

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

$2.119 per $100 assessed

$1.137 Schools · 54% $0.340 County · 16% $0.643 Town · 30%

This home's own bill implies $1.998 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,691/yr
Public schools$5,197
Middlesex County$1,554
Town of Middlesex$2,939
Middlesex average$10,237

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

Town median 97.6%
This home · 92.3%

77%122%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Middlesex'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
122 OSCEOLA AVE2025-06$585,0001,45698.2%
13 PARK PL2025-02$505,0001,43081.8%
241 COOK AVE2026-03$555,0001,52297.3%
407 CLINTON AVE2026-03$565,0001,62493.7%
303 ASHLAND RD2026-03$565,0001,37691.8%
506 MELROSE AVE2026-02$562,5001,568101.7%
115 HOWARD AVE2025-04$600,0001,71298.5%
14 JUNE WAY2026-04$692,0001,78083.5%
450 DORN AVE2025-04$541,5001,37198.9%
143 PARKER ST2026-01$350,0001,317139.4%
316 SENECA AVE2025-01$399,0001,675144.1%
103 ROCK LN2025-02$425,0001,232105.3%

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