The Fair Share Report

500 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

≈ $617,543

Likely range $553,101 – $847,687, 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 $617,543 home should be assessed near $326,989.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$376,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $49,911 above what the ratio math suggests (15.3%).

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

$9,762/yr
Public schools$4,572
Ocean County$2,194
Town of Berkeley$2,996
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 61.0%

30%74%

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
267 CYPRESS DR2025-08$1,151,5002,41848.4%
142 BUTLER BLVD2025-04$555,0002,40843.4%
26 SWINDON CT2025-05$478,0002,19845.7%
7 COLTON CT2025-06$510,0002,22968.3%
9 COVE RD W2025-06$699,9002,37653.1%
65 NORTH ISLAND RD2025-11$830,0002,28551.4%
10 ALLARD RD2025-03$621,0002,51262.4%
353 LIVINGSTON AVE2026-05$600,0002,43448.1%
13 COLTON CT2025-12$749,0002,43954.1%
26 SLOOP CREEK RD2025-05$625,0002,39261.0%
3 DRAKE DR2025-09$670,0001,88459.9%
1025 BAYVIEW AVE2025-10$751,0001,93175.8%

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