The Fair Share Report

45 Third St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $605,000

Likely range $480,000 – $739,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $605,000 home should be assessed near $355,740.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$199,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $156,240 below what the ratio math suggests (43.9%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,138/yr
Public schools$4,765
Somerset County$1,102
Town of Somerville$2,271
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 33.0%

22%73%

Keep quiet and enjoy it

This home's assessment ratio sits below the Somerville pack — the frozen assessment is treating it kindly. It pays less than a fresh look would charge.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
25 VANDERVEER AVE.2025-10$752,0002,26239.9%
32 THIRD ST2026-05$340,0001,45659.4%
40 THIRD ST2025-11$768,0002,07634.1%
71 CENTRAL AVE2026-01$525,0001,48847.2%
148 DAVENPORT ST2025-10$739,0002,60034.9%
459 E MAIN ST2025-11$640,0003,89053.6%
27 SECOND ST2026-03$380,0001,38049.9%
121 S BRIDGE ST2025-10$525,0002,90653.8%
81-83 GROVE ST2025-12$605,0002,14241.9%
20 THIRD ST2025-09$605,0002,15032.4%
25 CENTRAL AVE2025-07$480,0001,56140.1%
218 W SUMMIT ST2025-06$682,0001,76446.1%

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