The Fair Share Report

505 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

≈ $421,351

Likely range $336,058 – $520,958, 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 $421,351 home should be assessed near $223,105.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$240,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $17,695 above what the ratio math suggests (7.9%).

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

$6,237/yr
Public schools$2,921
Ocean County$1,401
Town of Berkeley$1,914
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 57.1%

30%77%

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
253 WESTBROOK DR2025-02$382,4001,51434.1%
24 RUTLAND DR2026-04$339,0001,49439.2%
10 SEVILLE PL2026-05$245,0001,53153.0%
12 LONGPORT AVE2025-11$715,0001,45249.0%
5 RODHOS ST2026-03$425,0001,44049.1%
OCEAN & 22ND AVE2025-04$807,5001,50455.1%
145 PORT ROYAL DR2025-04$335,0001,44041.0%
56 HICKORY LN2026-05$360,0001,55267.7%
44 WESTPORT DR2025-09$365,0001,51435.5%
103 SHEEPSHEAD DR2025-03$434,9001,51431.7%
12 NELSON CT2026-01$420,0001,58044.4%
427 HARDING AVE2025-06$509,0001,48047.5%

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