The Fair Share Report

5 Keep St

Madison, NJ 07940

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

≈ $747,182

Likely range $623,710 – $882,336, from 12 comparable Madison sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,267 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.22%

The state's official measure of how far Madison assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $747,182 home should be assessed near $449,953.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$380,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $69,253 below what the ratio math suggests (15.4%).

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

$2.254 per $100 assessed

$1.423 Schools · 63% $0.350 County · 16% $0.481 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,581/yr
Public schools$5,417
Morris County$1,332
Town of Madison$1,831
Madison average$15,897

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

Town median 55.4%
This home · 51.0%

38%77%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Madison'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
39 WAYNE BLVD2025-04$815,0001,38248.4%
47 NILES AVE2026-01$662,6001,34665.1%
248 GREEN VILLAGE RD2025-08$604,0001,15856.0%
27 HOYT ST2025-03$881,0001,38452.5%
9 NILES AVE2026-06$908,1031,30452.3%
60 SHADYLAWN DR2025-03$911,0001,60647.4%
35 ROSEMONT AVE2025-02$835,0001,65652.1%
26 LATHROP AVE2026-01$675,0001,01456.6%
63 SAMSON AVE2026-05$1,110,0001,44849.0%
9 OVERHILL DR2025-10$1,040,0001,19648.8%
58 ELM ST2025-07$670,0001,44964.8%
116 RIDGEDALE AVE2025-05$940,0001,09249.4%

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