The Fair Share Report

5 Morris Ct

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,355,028

Likely range $857,680 – $1,855,407, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,355,028 home should be assessed near $417,484.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$286,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $131,484 below what the ratio math suggests (31.5%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$12,787/yr
Public schools$6,680
Union County$3,124
Town of Summit$2,984
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 21.1%

10%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
40 ORCHARD STREET2025-02$618,0001.1%
104 PINE GROVE AVE2025-01$1,625,0002,16425.7%
34 ASHLAND RD2025-11$1,750,0002,15821.3%
202-202A MORRIS AVENUE2025-03$620,0002,23933.2%
44 CANOE BROOK PKWY2026-06$1,810,0002,17123.4%
147 CANOE BROOK PKWY2025-11$1,700,0002,02121.5%
69 ASHWOOD AVE2025-05$880,0002,37227.8%
7 WEBSTER AVE2025-07$1,160,0002,10730.3%
47 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-05$1,299,9002,07525.0%
17 WILLIAM ST2025-01$1,250,0002,51925.6%
275 WOODLAND AVE2026-06$1,655,0002,09822.7%
47 PARKVIEW TERR2025-09$1,925,0001,98027.9%

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