The Fair Share Report

53 Pershing Ave

Milltown, NJ 08850

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only based on the average change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Milltown's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $524,329

Likely range $483,399 – $620,349, from 12 comparable Milltown sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

32.99%

The state's official measure of how far Milltown assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $524,329 home should be assessed near $172,976.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$166,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $6,676 below what the ratio math suggests (3.9%).

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

$6.950 per $100 assessed

$4.257 Schools · 61% $0.964 County · 14% $1.729 Town · 25%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,560/yr
Public schools$7,080
Middlesex County$1,603
Town of Milltown$2,876
Milltown average$11,422

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

Town median 31.2%
This home · 31.7%

19%46%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
29 BOOREAM AVE2025-08$540,0001,65432.9%
36 W LAKEWOOD AVE2025-07$253,0001,43454.7%
16 VAN LIEW AVE2025-05$540,0001,42223.0%
48 SOUTH ST2026-04$462,0001,43028.4%
13 HOWARD ST2025-06$505,0001,29633.3%
18 HARRISON AVE2025-10$435,0001,51230.2%
58 HARRISON AVE2026-02$560,0001,48628.8%
6 NICHOLAS CT2026-04$489,0001,57436.3%
105 BOOREAM AVE2025-04$560,0001,83631.6%
199 NO BROOK DR2025-06$595,0001,70836.0%
205 NO MOETZ DR2025-07$650,0001,82624.5%
13 MILLERS LANE2026-04$660,0001,85224.6%

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