The Fair Share Report

474 Maple St

Downe, NJ 08349

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

≈ $230,000

Likely range $157,000 – $265,000, from 11 comparable Downe sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 520 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

78.40%

The state's official measure of how far Downe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $230,000 home should be assessed near $180,320.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$36,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $143,920 below what the ratio math suggests (79.8%).

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

$2.931 per $100 assessed

$1.454 Schools · 50% $1.070 County · 37% $0.407 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$1,155/yr
Public schools$573
Cumberland County$422
Town of Downe$160
Downe average$4,274

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

Town median 67.3%
This home · 15.8%

8%107%

Keep quiet and enjoy it

This home's assessment ratio sits below the Downe 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
18 VASSAR AVE2026-02$273,00050.8%
293 COVE RD2025-06$230,00050561.4%
211 MAPLE ST2025-11$259,00029.0%
467-469 HICKMAN AVE2025-12$208,00068.5%
21 VASSAR AVE2026-06$162,00052.0%
234 MAIN ST2025-09$265,00045.1%
12 BUDNEY AVE2025-01$75,000151.2%
506 CHURCH ST2025-03$195,00083.7%
554 OLD BEAVER DAM RD2026-02$157,00075.5%
184 LANDING RD2025-12$256,00053.4%
919 UNION ST2026-04$125,000106.3%

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