The Fair Share Report

45 Springbrook Trl

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $443,981

Likely range $389,515 – $554,890, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $443,981 home should be assessed near $265,589.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$238,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $26,689 below what the ratio math suggests (10.0%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,763/yr
Public schools$5,644
Sussex County$1,491
Town of Sparta$1,627
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 53.8%

38%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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 HAYES LN2025-12$615,0001,34646.4%
141 HILLSIDE RD2025-11$585,0001,38843.0%
168 WEST SHORE TRL2025-08$485,0001,23447.3%
26 PARK RD2025-08$640,00052.4%
21 GLEN RD2025-01$415,0001,43053.1%
65 LAKE SHORE DR2025-07$420,0001,29658.0%
66 CONESTOGA TRL2025-06$480,0001,54254.0%
381 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-12$490,0001,36454.2%
21 SENECA TRL2025-12$459,9001,48753.0%
509 GLEN RD2025-10$350,0001,53568.3%
16 COLUMBUS RD2026-06$500,0001,45357.5%
35 SENECA TRL2026-03$390,0001,43058.5%

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