The Fair Share Report

53 Unity Ave

Newark, NJ 07106

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

≈ $501,581

Likely range $419,487 – $585,151, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $501,581 home should be assessed near $204,093.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$138,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $65,693 below what the ratio math suggests (32.2%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,535/yr
Public schools$1,608
Essex County$718
Town of Newark$3,208
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 27.6%

18%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
904 S 17TH ST2025-10$190,00011.7%
904 S 17TH ST2025-07$60,00037.0%
69 MARION AVE2025-03$445,0001,93630.8%
88-90 N 10TH ST2026-03$517,0001,95735.7%
412 FABYAN PL2025-10$550,0001,84823.6%
209-211 VASSAR AVE2025-02$530,0001,89235.1%
86 CUTLER ST2025-01$610,0001,97615.2%
152 IVY ST2026-02$465,0001,91535.5%
152 IVY ST2025-08$435,0001,91537.9%
164 N 7TH ST2025-07$345,0001,96149.8%
27 POMONA AVE2025-09$500,0001,89833.4%
486-488 S 20TH ST2025-02$485,0001,85252.5%

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