The Fair Share Report

54 William St

Demarest, NJ 07670

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

≈ $1,136,208

Likely range $1,052,570 – $1,472,133, from 12 comparable Demarest sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

101.41%

The state's official measure of how far Demarest assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,136,208 home should be assessed near $1,152,229.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,027,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $124,929 below what the ratio math suggests (10.8%).

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

$1.805 per $100 assessed

$1.149 Schools · 64% $0.219 County · 12% $0.438 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$18,543/yr
Public schools$11,797
Bergen County$2,249
Town of Demarest$4,497
Demarest average$26,108

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

Town median 92.3%
This home · 90.4%

64%115%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Demarest'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
98 PRESCOTT ST2025-12$1,385,0002,05171.2%
16 POPLAR RD2025-05$1,200,0002,05892.6%
17 CYPRESS PL2025-07$1,050,0001,81782.4%
72 HIGHLAND AVE2025-04$1,300,0002,38977.2%
32 HIGHLAND AVE2025-12$999,9991,90388.8%
52 EDWARD ST2026-04$1,100,0001,84592.9%
45 LENOX AVE2025-07$999,5001,95485.4%
15 LOIS AVE2025-12$1,495,0002,07982.9%
15 LOIS AVE2025-04$900,0002,079137.7%
29 JOHN ST2025-06$1,200,0002,61283.2%
55 STEWART ST2025-07$999,9991,84188.4%
9 HERITAGE CT2025-01$1,598,0002,22576.5%

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