The Fair Share Report

44 E Main St

Mendham, NJ 07945

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

≈ $1,312,754

Likely range $815,658 – $1,434,604, from 12 comparable Mendham sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,137 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.81%

The state's official measure of how far Mendham assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,312,754 home should be assessed near $942,689.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$771,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $170,989 below what the ratio math suggests (18.1%).

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

$2.526 per $100 assessed

$1.661 Schools · 66% $0.302 County · 12% $0.563 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$19,493/yr
Public schools$12,818
Morris County$2,331
Town of Mendham$4,345
Mendham average$17,555

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 58.8%

43%100%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mendham'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
3 NEW ST2026-05$1,342,5003,13449.9%
2 BRIDGE ST2025-03$650,0002,91586.3%
79 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-05$870,0003,34667.0%
23 DRAKE RD2025-09$1,100,0002,91956.6%
7 WEDGEWOOD LN2025-02$1,275,0002,78856.6%
51 DEAN RD2025-07$1,280,0002,69858.6%
56 MOUNTAINSIDE RD2026-06$1,119,0002,67453.8%
11 PROSPECT ST2025-10$950,0004,13375.2%
27 PHOENIX DR2025-07$1,485,0003,54048.6%
42 DEAN RD2026-05$1,550,0003,39054.1%
17 DRAKE RD2026-05$1,480,0002,56241.6%
30 E MAIN ST2025-05$550,0003,172104.5%

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