The Fair Share Report

52 Main St

Helmetta, NJ 08828

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

≈ $730,920

Likely range $533,901 – $771,565, from 5 comparable Helmetta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

55.50%

The state's official measure of how far Helmetta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $730,920 home should be assessed near $405,661.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$386,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,561 below what the ratio math suggests (4.8%).

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

$3.558 per $100 assessed

$2.120 Schools · 60% $0.601 County · 17% $0.836 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,737/yr
Public schools$8,188
Middlesex County$2,321
Town of Helmetta$3,229
Helmetta average$7,440

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

Town median 46.6%
This home · 52.8%

36%78%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Helmetta'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
45 LAKE AVE2025-09$400,0001,65658.6%
2A LAKE AVENUE2025-06$723,0001,99456.6%
8A NORTH SHORE BLVD.2025-05$685,0002,16353.2%
6 GEORGE W HELME DRIVE2025-10$685,0002,59044.4%
42 JOHN STREET2026-06$485,0001,46040.1%

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