The Fair Share Report

458 Wheaton Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $470,018

Likely range $355,377 – $533,298, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $470,018 home should be assessed near $248,875.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$250,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $1,225 above what the ratio math suggests (0.5%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,478/yr
Public schools$3,034
Ocean County$1,456
Town of Berkeley$1,988
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 53.2%

30%76%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
12 NELSON CT2026-01$420,0001,58044.4%
356 RAILROAD AVE2025-10$535,0001,63650.8%
82 SCOTT CT2026-04$530,0001,60444.2%
29 PHEASANT DR2025-12$515,0001,58853.3%
10 SEVILLE PL2026-05$245,0001,53153.0%
351 WESTERN BLVD2026-04$519,5001,54846.5%
501 EASTERN BLVD2025-03$560,0001,73249.6%
253 WESTBROOK DR2025-02$382,4001,51434.1%
365 CENTRAL BLVD2025-07$550,0001,68049.3%
228 ELIZABETH AVE2025-10$425,0001,66048.5%
7 BEDFORD CT2026-04$305,0001,64842.8%
317 TRENTON AVE NORTH2025-09$480,0001,63549.4%

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