The Fair Share Report

52 Gray St

Montclair, NJ 07042

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

≈ $937,627

Likely range $641,363 – $1,160,855, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $937,627 home should be assessed near $527,509.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$453,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $74,009 below what the ratio math suggests (14.0%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$15,945/yr
Public schools$9,156
Essex County$2,608
Town of Montclair$4,181
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 48.4%

33%76%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
32 DODD STREET2026-02$1,340,0001,57443.9%
7 FRANKLIN AVENUE2025-12$605,0001,55650.7%
7 FRANKLIN AVENUE2025-05$500,0001,55661.3%
197 GROVE STREET2025-09$901,0001,56055.0%
10 GRAHAM TERRACE2025-05$970,0001,61836.3%
7 GRAHAM TERRACE2025-07$1,225,0001,65431.4%
31 GRENADA PLACE2025-06$900,0001,65450.9%
6 FRANKLIN AVENUE2026-06$755,0001,68044.4%
29 NORWOOD AVENUE2026-05$999,9991,64757.6%
379 ORANGE ROAD2025-07$600,0001,62060.6%
110 ESSEX AVENUE2025-07$1,210,0001,69848.1%
14 NORTHVIEW AVENUE2026-05$999,0001,43853.8%

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