The Fair Share Report

480 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

≈ $396,076

Likely range $337,633 – $451,382, 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 $396,076 home should be assessed near $209,722.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$233,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $24,078 above what the ratio math suggests (11.5%).

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

$6,055/yr
Public schools$2,836
Ocean County$1,361
Town of Berkeley$1,859
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 59.0%

30%75%

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
24 RUTLAND DR2026-04$339,0001,49439.2%
145 PORT ROYAL DR2025-04$335,0001,44041.0%
10 SEVILLE PL2026-05$245,0001,53153.0%
427 HARDING AVE2025-06$509,0001,48047.5%
253 WESTBROOK DR2025-02$382,4001,51434.1%
12 LONGPORT AVE2025-11$715,0001,45249.0%
5 RODHOS ST2026-03$425,0001,44049.1%
12 NELSON CT2026-01$420,0001,58044.4%
54 KORMAN RD2025-04$415,0001,50351.9%
OCEAN & 22ND AVE2025-04$807,5001,50455.1%
32 CASTLETON DR2025-12$450,0001,51463.2%
44 WESTPORT DR2025-09$365,0001,51435.5%

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